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People merrily put up with inefficient bikes for all sorts of reasons. If the only objective was to get between two points with minimal energy expenditure, ever
by hgomersall 4y ago
People merrily put up with inefficient bikes for all sorts of reasons. If the only objective was to get between two points with minimal energy expenditure, everyone would be riding road bikes. Clearly other factors come into play.
- jasonwatkinspdx 4y agoI have a track bike that's light as a feather, a cyclocross bike rigged with single rear derailed that's barely heavier, and a dutch style city bike that weighs like 4x the track bike. Guess which one gets ridden the most?
- barrkel 4y agoI don't know. Which do you put your toddler on when you need to go shopping?
- skeeter2020 4y agoI think that was the point
- aspyct 4y agoWhy, the single gear of course :D
- makeitdouble 4y agoThe current trend is to get away from mechanical simplicity to have electric engines cover for these inefficiencies. So, yes, people do care and want solutions to these trade-offs, and the current landscape already has decent answers to these concerns. IMO this chainless one would need to prove itself to be a lot better on some other dimension than pure maintenance.
- hgomersall 4y agoBelt drives are very appealing on a pure maintenance basis. They seem worse on almost other dimension except possibly lower risk of a chainring tattoo (though perhaps I'm missing something).