Originally Posted by
Retro Grouch
If you could improve one component on a bicycle, what would it be?
I might like to see a truly functional continuously variable automatic transmission. You could "set" it and ride with the same amount of effort up and down hills all day. Maybe an override could allow you to sprint or climb hills more quickly or just ride faster. I see it as having the benefits of "click shifting" without the drawback of continuously adding rear cogs and narrower chains. What do you think?
Anybody have other ideas?
CVT transmissions for bikes do exist, but they are not automatic, yet. The technology to make that happen will come, but it will be weight and cost dependant, I would love to have a lightweight bicycle transmission that would sense how I am feeling that day and adjust to compensate to every combination of slope, temperature, and wind condition, but forgive me if I don't hold my breath waiting for that to happen