Wireless Charging for Drivetrains and Computers - Your Input needed!

[XtrPickels]

Ever get out for a ride and your shifting failed because of a dead battery?
Worse yet, ever drive to the start of your ride and realize you left your battery at home on the charger?
Ever have to put in your Strava title that your GPS died?
I've done them all.

Early adopters will say that it's easy enough to carry a spare battery or to switch batteries between components to regain function.
But that's not good enough for me.

So, I'm in the process of launching a product (www.AGNCYInnovation.com) to solve this problem. We're exploring a few technologies - nothing is commercially ready yet.

Our goal is keep your batteries constantly ready for action with essentially no input from you. No plugging in chargers, no swapping or taking batteries off your bike. Just get on and go (like the good old days of mechanical shifting!).

At times this has been a difficult process - two steps forward and three steps back.
When the going has been tough, I've been motivated by the enthusiasm that my friends share because it solves one of their problems.

I'd love to hear your stories for my inspiration and motivation, your feature requests, and even why you think it's a silly idea (so that I can solve for that too).

I'd also love if you could visit my very basic website at www.AGNCYInnovation.com to sign up for our mailing list. I won't sell or spam, but it gives me insight into how many are interested in this product and a leg-up if and when we make it to kickstarter.

Also, if you want to be involved in the project, we're always looking for cofounders, investors, and smart-people who can make things happen! Send me a message through the contact form and I'll reach out.

[XtrPickels]

Considering there hasn't been any comments, I suppose I need to ask:

Is anyone interested in a solution that charges SRAM / Shimano / GPS batteries either while you ride or wirelessly when the bike is parked?

[Iowagriz]

Just not a battery convert (yet), and don't see that changing in the near future. Not a luddite, but I don't change bikes that often.

[Eluder]

I have spent half my life working on bikes and at this point, I search out components for my own bike that require the least amount of work from me.

I am fairly resistant to batteries on the bike, and this is the main reason. I am normally rushed so getting the chain lube on isn't even guaranteed. I had AXS when GX first came out and had a spare battery but didn't like making sure things were charged and ultimately just hated the shifter so I am back to X01 mechanical. If I could just hang my bike and know it was charged... I would consider going back with the new paddle.

[Andeh]

I have lots of batteries on my bikes (2 bikes with Transmission & AXS Reverbs on both, plus a Wahoo, and 1 of the bikes is an ebike), and remembering to charge or connecting cords isn't a big deal to me. Aside from the ebike, most of that stuff only needs charging like once a month, tops. The dropper batteries last like 4 months. I don't think I've ever needed to change the CR2032 batteries in the controllers.

[Touring_Sedan]

I have yet to see an inductive, (reliable) charging solution for anything that works across more than a few inches of airspace. If you solve that problem, you'll be a fucking millionaire. Until then, it's just vaporware.

[frorider]

^ this.

On a side note, I’ve noticed a trend in which my experienced shop monkey friends are moving back to cable shifting. The vibe seems to be that axs is for the dentist weekend warrior.

But maybe I just have talked to some mid to late 30s curmudgeons?