A graduate at Brunel this year designed an expanding chainring as a new way to change gear. Not quite fully developed but it looked awesome and got him the prize for the best major.
Just saw it on the core77 homepage, sweet
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/id_student_chris_holloways_invention_one-ups_bicycle_engineers_16962.asp
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Just saw it on the core77 homepage, sweet
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/id_student_chris_holloways_invention_one-ups_bicycle_engineers_16962.asp