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Can someone give me a heads up so I can get a headstart on the pack ?
no wheels
Belt drive 29ers
3 wheels
extendable stems
I've not decided yet but when I do I'll let you all know.
electric bikes (road,mountain bikes)
I've not decided yet but when I do I'll let you all know.
thats what friends are for 😆
Di2 bodges for MTB
Scoot bikes?
Winter again soon, so expect the run of fat-bike threads
fat bikes are old hat around here, ive seen at least one.
pedal back brakes..
people will use silly pedals that attach their feet to the bike.
it'll be a cross between a Hite Rite and a USE Suspension Seat Post ..... oh hang on ........
1 x 11 groupsets 🙄
purple bits 🙂
9X1 groupset, no rear mech see!
The nichemongers will buy Specialized because all the other nichemongers have used up every other niche.
Either that or cyclocross tyres for mud...
Either that or cyclocross tyres for mud...
oi, i have been superstitiously warding off torrential rain at bike events by bringing my 26" scwalbe cx pro's with me for 2 years. 8) Only ever fitted them once though, to do a cross race.
XC bikes
DIY frames - made with CNC and 3D Printing tech.
Telescopic grips.
Tapered bottom bracket axles.
Triangular headtube standard.
0.5x11 drive trains.
A Cannondale fork designed for people who don't think youth clubs solve everything.
24" wheels
Im sure Blunt from on-one will be along to tell us
Got to be internal cable routing bodges on old frames - where's that drill..
Steep head angles (for livlier handling)
Hang on, what's the current biking bandwagon? Have I missed it??
3 wheelers with full suspension?
the current bandwagon is wide low handle bars but there is not technical adantage to these.they are purely marketing and fashion for mindless sheep.
i must remember to trim down my 750mm bars on my bikes because ive seem to be going around the corners to fast these days.
Mr Bump, especially for you. Watch the video, you might learn something.
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Tech-Tuesday-Handlebars-How-Wide-Affects-Your-Ride-2011.html
@flow
thanks for the links but i was supprised to find that i did'nt learn anything that already knew 😀
ive been running wide bars on all my bikes for years.ever heard of irony?
I have mate, you post contained none though.
handbags away...back on topic...
I just realised, from posting in that "Bike trends" thread, that I ride a 6" All mountain bike that has low, wide bars, a pressfit BB, dropper post, stan's rims with tubeless tyres, and is 1x10.
So whatever daft fad is next, I'm sure I'll fall for it immediately. I'm obviously a marketing man's dream.
less gears..
Yep, less gears are better, which is stupid.
......Down hill penny farthings?
those big wheels do roll over bumps easily 😀
Significant more clearance due to smaller rear mech but not planetary gearing <hopes>
on a serious note, smaller rear cassettes (8-20 or something) with the associated smaller chainring(s) and people snapping more chains, a return to 'old school alu' hardtail frames and bigger pivots on full sus bikes
on a silly note, custom fit grips (which you heat then hold so they fit your hand better)
I reckon that someone will come out with a new headtube standard that renders all of the other standards obsolete, but will be exactly 0.05" larger than the last one, for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
When asked why they didn't simply opt for 1.5" the marketing types will roll out some videos of a teenager backflipping a bike, say "rad" and "gnarly" a lot before discussing "colourways" at length.
this winter I'm expecting manufacturers to start to release disc brake cyclocross frames. I guess that'll be a g ood bandwagon when they stop being very niche and expensive.
Something will need to be stiffer too. Maybe handlebars, we've not got enough handlebar standards so maybe a 35.36mm diameter clamp is called for.
electronic suspension
ceramic coatings on stuff like rotors and chainrings
tapered bottom brackets
lithium alloys
an aluminium called 7068