Inexplicable bike products

[kootenayskier]

$1000 balance bike?

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Just in time for Christmas in a country of 330 million serfs serving 3 million lords.

[RootSkier]

$1000 balance bike?

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Man, that looks cool as hell.

[Roxtar]

Better buy now. It'll be the only kid's bike option after Specialized sues every other brand out of business.

[El Chupacabra]

Rowbike?

https://reno.craigslist.org/spo/d/ca...315118591.html

[grskier]

Rowbike?

https://reno.craigslist.org/spo/d/ca...315118591.html

That would make rowing almost tolerable....

or is it one of those things that is fun until your friend sees you on it.

[mtnjam]

Rowbike?

https://reno.craigslist.org/spo/d/ca...315118591.html

For some reason that reminds me of Sixteen Candles

[nickwm21]

That thing needs an eBike conversion


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[VTskibum]

Actually know a guy who has one of those Specialized carbon things for his kid. He does work for Bicycling magazine, so giving him benefit of the doubt that he's "reviewing" it.

That rowbike makes those eliptibikes seem downright sensible. Especially love the idea of hooking it up to a trainer to make a rowing machine out of it, some kind of twisted Inception concept.

[stuckathuntermtn]

The pics in that ad are classic.

[Dantheman]

"CeramicSpeed...raised $1 million USD in its first 2 days and currently a further US$600,000 has been received in over-subscriptions that are now on a waitlist in case earlier investors fall through."

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/driven...he-haters.html


I'm completely baffled that this appeals anyone.

[toast2266]

"CeramicSpeed...raised $1 million USD in its first 2 days and currently a further US$600,000 has been received in over-subscriptions that are now on a waitlist in case earlier investors fall through."

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/driven...he-haters.html


I'm completely baffled that this appeals anyone.

Anytime one of these niche-y bike products raises a shitload of money in a short period of time, I'm assuming that the principles of the business "invested" a bunch of money that was already slated for the business, so the $1M they raised was mostly from a small handful of guys that were already invested in the company. And then they market the fact that they "raised" all this money in record time to sucker in other people to throw relatively small amounts of money at the project (although I see that the minimum investment is $1000, so not that small).

Anyways, I see benefits to the shaft drive concept for commuter e-bikes. If they can make the design not suck, they might do ok with it.

[Dantheman]

I guess it's not completely nonsensical for road applications in general, but IIRC from a previous article I think they're saying they can make it work with rear suspension and chainstay growth. Seems unlikely and still retains most of the downsides of a chain driven system.

[east or bust]

what a trip

[geomorph]

On a similar note, saw one of these for sale on FB:
https://www.freecross-outdoor-crosstrainer.com/

[stuckathuntermtn]

"CeramicSpeed...raised $1 million USD in its first 2 days and currently a further US$600,000 has been received in over-subscriptions that are now on a waitlist in case earlier investors fall through."

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/driven...he-haters.html


I'm completely baffled that this appeals anyone.

Roadies, dude. Roadies.

[schuss]

Roadies, dude. Roadies.

Not just that, but the Venn diagram of Roadies and investment bankers overlaps heavily. 1 mill is nothing in VC terms.

[jono]

You gotta love the pitch that says "yes, of course, the cog teeth are too skinny. Of course, the bearings can’t hold that much load… What people forget is that this is not the final product." And of course it's "99% efficient." The balls in their bearings are nothing.

[El Chupacabra]

What idiocy gave rise to running cabling or brake hose through the fucking headset itself?

https://bikerumor.com/what-bike-mech...ting-headsets/

Maybe the bike industry could avoid all cables and hoses, and just do Bluetooth controlled braking, so things get exciting when your battery runs down.

[climberevan]

Function definitely follows form on that one. Maybe for full-on aero road bikes it would be worth the hassle, but for mountain bikes it's sheer idiocy.

[VTskibum]

Deal breaker purchase on that one. Figure there will be enough pushback from consumers it’ll be short lived on MTBs. Trend coming back to threaded BBs as well after a few years


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[El Chupacabra]

A mere €385 and you can make your crankset more complicated:

https://bikerumor.com/ochain-r-bring...-4-6-9-and-12/

[XtrPickels]

A mere €385 and you can make your crankset more complicated:

https://bikerumor.com/ochain-r-bring...-4-6-9-and-12/

This is questionable. For the right application (Dh / Enduro Racing) I think it makes more sense than other upgrades. For general trail riding I agree it's not where I'd put my money.

[summit]

A mere €385 and you can make your crankset more complicated:

https://bikerumor.com/ochain-r-bring...-4-6-9-and-12/

Be sure to pair it with an i9 Hydra 0.5deg engagement hub.

This is questionable. For the right application (Dh / Enduro Racing) I think it makes more sense than other upgrades. For general trail riding I agree it's not where I'd put my money.

If you are racing then you are going fast so there shouldn't be kickback so why would you need that device?

[raisingarizona13]

Im still hoping suspension stems are going to make a comeback.

[toast2266]

I'd probably run an O-chain if I was racing DH.

For all the doubters: go coast down a rough descent with no chain on and tell me your suspension doesn't feel noticeably better. I've seen plenty of armchair engineers run the numbers and say it shouldn't matter. But I've done it, and it does. I'm sure the O-chain doesn't make it as good as no chain at all, but if it didn't make a noticeable difference, you probably wouldn't see it on the majority of the bikes racing world cups.