on 2014-07-24 19:01 Paul Stenquist wrote
I received an e-mail from the inventor of this bike. While I’m not up to speed
on bikes — pun intended — I found it interesting. He is of course hoping to get
publicity in the Times to help his kickstarter campaign. That’s a non-starter,
but I like the bike. I tried sending his email but it never appeared. Probably
had some rich text in there. But here’s a link to the page that explains his
bike.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/1401606907/nuseti-the-mountain-bike-of-the-future
interesting, and i appreciate your sharing this; the Kickstarter page seems
oversold to me; the Gates belt-drive, along with Rohloff or Alfine hubs, are
already well-proven and cover most of the "benefits" cited with a lot more
flexibility and a lower cost; e.g.:
<http://spotbrand.com/bikes/product-page/wazee/>
there is also another system which puts the gearbox in the bottom bracket (like
the above-linked project) but like Alfine and Rohloff allows use of whatever
chain or belt you like
in the process of becoming somewhat established, these newfangled systems have
also shown how well-sorted the traditional bicycle drivetrain really is (as it
continues to evolve); i would love to try a Gates/Alfine bike, but i am pretty
content with traditional gears
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