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single pivot will never die. There are some riders out there that want a susser bike that is easy to maintain, works, and doesn't require a few hours set up.
IMHO, they're a shadow of their former selves and I wish they were right up at the top again. Perhaps I'm being too nostalgic...and i dont see syncros being that down to the guy above: they've still got some great parts and their rims rocked! just dont see heaps because they arent all pretty colours...
hmm i think you've got a fair point. They're doing alot of OEM stuff now i guess. Prehaps they might get that shake up thats needed, when i think about it their stuck in the mid hi end market. High end people over look them and the lower end cant afford them..IMHO, they're a shadow of their former selves and I wish they were right up at the top again. Perhaps I'm being too nostalgic...
Shimano have a patent for hydraulic shifting so it's fair to think that they are exploring the possibilities.I can't see hydraulic gears coming anytime soon though. Good trimmed and well lubricated tubes make changing almost as little effort as braking. No need for it and no use investing R&D in it etc. But im happy to be proven wrong.
My opinion is that hydraulic actuation is more likely to appear with gearboxes and/or planetary gears where clutches and brake bands are a necessity. There needs to be demand from the market and I think most of us are pretty happy with the current gear shifting. When hydraulics arrive, it will be attached to something revolutionary.Shimano have a patent for hydraulic shifting so it's fair to think that they are exploring the possibilities.
Yeah bang on there. I neglected to mention that i doubted hydraulic would be needed for our current drive trains. Once you get more complex things like clutches and planetary gears that need considerably more force to operate hydraulics w derailier ill be in for sure. Well pointed out.My opinion is that hydraulic actuation is more likely to appear with gearboxes and/or planetary gears where clutches and brake bands are a necessity.
taken from 2004... its so true... good readremember that this is only 5 years.
I think that GBox will be in, and will be cheap enough for the average person to buy.
Duallies will all be able to pedal, including DH bikes so we can go up hills too.
Hardtails will hardly be needed for use.
Bikes will all be 20% lighter.
Super Monster T's will be phased out, because everyone knows we dont need em.
The large bike companies will have taken over 99% of the market, thus eliminating small companies in it for the profit.
I will be this massive bike whore with like 80k worth of bikes, all wanky and pimped out to the max.
I will be a major part of the bike industry (i dont know how yet).
MTB will be 30% larger, and the adverage person will be able to afford a good quality bike.
Forks will be computerised for the pro's, like the old cannondale forks and forks will generally be smarter (lockout coming upto stuff etc).
Oz-Freerider will become pro.
There will be indestructable wheelsets.
More Ti frames around.
Carbon wont be wanky anymore.
Mangenese will be 'the shit'
Pro riders will get paid over 1million a year.
4X will get massive.
DH will be better and more accessable.
There will be special shuttle cars that are automated.
More MTB parks in the world.
I will think of more later. :twisted:
i heard somewhere that Shaun Palmer was getting more than 1M a yearPro riders will get paid over 1million a year.
i think you are right, dh is slowly becoming more competitive so riders are looking for something to help give them an edge over other riders.Single pivots: I reckon they are on their way out.....Cant pedal, Brake jack/squat like its going outta fashion.The list goes on! I think that 4-bar designs will stick round for a while........And become the new single pivot. (lets just hope this doesnt get S. started on vpp and fsr systems.....). I think Mongoose is onto something with their "freedrive" system.....
I think that is worng (please correct me if iam wrong), the single pivot that he was talking about was something like an orange. there is a difference between an orange and the commencal dh"Single Pivots" are just as popular now as they were ten years ago. The fact that this years DH World Champion rode a single pivot shows they are far from on their way out.
Too be honest I think the world of MTB riding has pretty much reached its climax with hydraulic brakes, carbon fibre components, titanium and etc. So the only changes I could see in the future would be weight related because if we begin accommodating technologies such as electronic shifting and automatic shifting this will just prove to become unreliable. Because imagine getting a fault during your XC race and you were trying to power up a steep incline now that would put you up 3/4 of the way up shit creek and all the way up shit creek if you were using cleats, which I am sure most professionals use.
Agreed, and there are minimal benefits to any change to the current method of drivetrain actuation. Hydraulics, pnuematics, electronics are a design generation away yet. They wont arrive until there's a fundamental change in the system and that change probably only exists in the mind of an engineering student like Dave Camp (whose been mentioned on this forum before).I believe that the very rapid increase in MTB development seen in recent years will not continue.
Not a fan of tubeles??? how do you feel about electricity or penicillin?not a fan of tubeless tyres and im thinking of like a thin piece of alloy or carbon inside the treads body?hmmm maybe
Yeah fall by the wayside like TV internet and the horse less carrage I recon.....Not a fan of tubeles??? how do you feel about electricity or penicillin?