Thread: Review - Shimano Biopace Crankset
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Old 12-04-20, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Moisture
Biopace discontinued when Shimano realized that investing a huge amount of time and resources into designing chainrings designed to work naturally to your inputs was disregarded by everyone who didn't wish to put a little bit of effort into perfecting their pedal stroke.

Or maybe everyone was simply so good at pedalling that the cranks effectively moved at one constant rate throughout the entire revolution and Shimano grossly misinterpreted the sheer capabilities of flabby untrained old men riding bikes.
"Oval chainrings have been around, on and off, since about 1890. The fact that they aren't in general use tells me that there's no advantage in using them.
Generally, there's a fad for them every so often. A few people like them, but not enough to sustain their general availability, so after a few years they are gone until the next revival."
(Taken from another online debate about Biopace)
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