The Electra Townie is apparently the best selling bike in America. I figured it would've been some gravel bike or hybrid but nope, it's actually just a cruiser/commuting bike with a really weird seating position (even for cruiser standards). Anyone ever ridden one? I just got one used for about $150 as a daily urban rider but the weird tube angle is starting to give me second thoughts but I haven't had a chance to ride it yet. What do you velophiles think of these things?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWQ3iLVr-0E >That cylinder is a mass dampener also known as a J dampener in physics.The purpose is to neutralize high frequency low amplitude oscillations.Mass dampeners are currently used in Moto GP and were banned in F1 in the mid 2000s.The mass dampener can also be placed on the fork,above the bottom bracket and as shown on the rear swing arm/triangle on a full suspension bike. have these been used on road bikes yet? i have a stiff track bike fixie, anything that could improve performance or comfort would interest me. i haven't paid attention to bike stuff lately so idk if it has been mentioned on GCN/GMBN yet. GCN has done a lot of videos on tire pressure so i could see them experimenting with tuned mass dampers.
I NEED electronic shifting! It's SOOOO much better and faster and smoother than cable shifters! Shimano please take my one thousand american dollars to make my shifting divine forever! * (*- until next iteration of Di2 releases)
Is riding on top end groupsets if you're not a top end cyclist stolen valor? Or is this sour grapes?
What groupset would you ride if you could get any groupset you wanted for free, but when/if you sold the bike you would have to price it as whatever groupset you ride now. That is, if your financial circumstances were no different and you were subject to the same "rules" as you currently as in terms of other people judging (because we all know unlimited wealth begets shamelessness), what do you choose?
GPS used to be fancy, and is now affordable Carbon frames used to be fancy, and are now affordable Carbon aero wheels used to be fancy, and are now affordable Hydraulic brakes used to be fancy, and are now affordable Wireless shifting used to be fancy, and is now affordable Good tires used to not even exist, and are now available albeit a little expensive Lighting used to be heavy and annoying, now it clips to anything and you can light up the road with something the size of your thumb Wide range cassettes used to be unimaginable, now some lazy people are even going 1x because they got filtered by 2x
It seems like it's all been done. Seriously, what's left. What else is there to improve? We even got bonuses like thru-axle, 3d printed saddles, internal routed everything, and aero frames/cockpits, which let's be honest, you weren't really expecting were you?
Can the cycling industry outdo itself or is it now a plateau of stagnation?
