Originally Posted by
corrado33
We already have that.
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However, it's an IGH so we lose some power.
There is a fundamental difference between people powered vehicles and motor powered vehicles. Things with motors can afford to lose a bit to inefficiencies. Let's limit this to road bikes where people want to go fast and don't want to sacrifice much if anything due to inefficient gearing or increased weight.
Just as there was more than one way to implement a derailleur, remember that there are many ways to implement a CVT. I think Timothy is on the right track, at some point discrete cogs will give way to those conical pulleys used in CVTs so that riders don't need to think about clicking through specific gear combinations. They'll just shift one way or the other through an analog range until it feels right. And the engineers will figure out how to keep the weight penalty low. For an OP about the future of cycling, why are you so quick to rule out "what could be"?
