They've just given their automatic geared bicycle, which was launched last year a revamp.
It's now a full 4 kg lighter, along with an intelligent lighting system, which also incorporates a parking-light function, as well as the rear light flashing when the bike is being ridden slowly.
Yours for ?1890
www.gizmag.com/go/5292/
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I think I'll stick with my Santa Cruz. The amount of carp in the gear cables has given it the illusion of an automatic gearbox anyway, whenever I'm in the granny ring and pedal hard it shifts down!!
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Porsche make them too, or did, with hydraulic disc brakes liable to drag slightly if any air got in the system, ho ho. Even more ludicrously expensive too.
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Porsche make them too, or did, with hydraulic disc brakes liable to drag slightly if any air got in the system, ho ho. Even more ludicrously expensive too.
The hydraulic disc brakes on my bike have never had any air in the system... can't see how it would make them drag, but might make stopping in a hurry difficult as you're frantically pumping the brakes!!
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The hydraulic disc brakes on my bike have never had any air in the system... can't see how it would make them drag, but might make stopping in a hurry difficult as you're frantically pumping the brakes!!
I might have remembered incorrectly, but I think it was on some gruelling desert ride, with the high temperatures also playing a role. Couldn't help giggling at the thought of a Porsche that wouldn't release its brakes.
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Smooth tyres, mudguards, luggage rack, lights and a chainguard; now that's my kind of bike!
Hawkeye
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Stranger in a strange land
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I think I will stick with my 1970's Chopper.
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Talking of Choppers... Don't you think it's really really boring that the new ones can no longer have the T-bar gearchange on the crossbar?
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just had to buy a new diddy chain for my sturmey archer last one cost 3 shillings this one cost £4.00
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\"a little man in a big world/\"
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There is only one type of bicycle that makes sense;
All or part carbon fibre frame, drop bars, lightweight wheels and skinny tyres, maximum weight 18lbs.
Anything else is just sooooo slooooow.
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There is only one type of bicycle that makes sense; All or part carbon fibre frame, drop bars, lightweight wheels and skinny tyres, maximum weight 18lbs. Anything else is just sooooo slooooow.
>My new Scott carbon Team I have just finished buiding for this seasons road racing weighs in at 6.4 kilos bang on the minimum allowed.>
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>> There is only one type of bicycle that makes sense; >> >> All or part carbon fibre frame, drop bars, lightweight wheels and >> skinny tyres, maximum weight 18lbs. >> >> Anything else is just sooooo slooooow. >My new Scott carbon Team I have just finished buiding for this seasons road racing weighs in at 6.4 kilos bang on the minimum allowed.>
I'm jealous now! Mine comes in at 17lb, whatever that is in kilos. No racing nowdays though, purely sportives. I will be looking out for your name on the results pages of CW, so get training!
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I'm jealous now! Mine comes in at 17lb, whatever that is in kilos. No racing nowdays though, purely sportives. I will be looking out for your name on the results pages of CW, so get training!
I am running Yorkshire Road Club Hilly "10" on the 19th March.But at nearly 60 I will not be getting many firsts now forty years ago when I was racing in France and belgium that was different.
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Indeed, I think it was removed to protect evolution, if you follow me.
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Mighty complicated riding a geared bike. I can see why Mercedes needed to develop a full automatic version, so that owners didn't get confused over which of the eight gears they should use.
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I seem to remember there was an automatic bicycle back in the 1960's - it used the same principle as DAF variomatic transmission.
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Don't know about a variomatic, but saw one of these (restored) quite recently www.moultoneers.net/fback01.html
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The Italian componant company Campagnolo are developing an electronic push button shift system which is being tested by selected professional teams at present. One of the future aims they are said to have is a fully automatic gearshift, fully programmable by the rider to shift at a given pedal rpm, and switchable back to manual by a single button push. This would be fairly easy to achieve via a standard cycle computer with a built in cadance function, which many already have.
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