: Bike of the future???

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This morning and we were greeted with this concept being touted as the bike of the future….. available in the next 20 years!

Unveiled by Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman, the bike, supposed to be a vision of commuter bikes to come, boasts carbon fibre just about everything, enclosed braks that stop hubless wheels and punctureless tyres. To top it off, the onboard computer does all the usual as well as handle a fingerprint recognition, ‘unbreakable’, locking system.

Hmmmm…..

From the UK’s Daily Mail [here]:

“Boardman, who led a research team for British Cycling in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics, said the bike would not be ‘financially feasible’ for 20 years.

However, the 1992 Olympic gold medalist for the four-kilometre pursuit added: ‘It could be built now if there was a will. All the technologies are already there, it’s just that nobody’s put them all together before.’

He told the MailOnline: ‘What will happen is elements of the design (such as solar powered lighting and integrating components into the frame) will be
feed into near future bike designs.

‘Boardman bikes will be doing some of this in the next one to two years.’

Tom Bogdanowicz, campaign manager at London Cycling Campaign, said: ‘Some of the ideas behind this bike are clearly things cyclists want. But it really needs to be affordable.’ “

Hmmmmmm……….

 

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