Survey: Voice Your Opinion on Bicycle Innovation

So we’re going to see Zipp stems and MTB wheels soon?

Well…. Looks like SRAM is going to change verry soon. Or at least will be trying

@Trav well, recumbents kinda come in those flavors too, but you’re right that a nice “other” box would have been good–for bents, cruisers, choppers, penny farthings, etc

Also, what about this survey was about innovation, other than the marketing terms (which were hilarious, don’t get me wrong. It’s like the car guys joking about all Italian cars having “soul” and “passion”–all bikes next year will be Confident!). It should be called what it is, a marketing survey…

I got passed by an e bike the other day.

Also, who is the Survey run by? It got mad at me when I said I was not looking into buying a bike with SRAM, and asked me again if I would buy SRAM.

This survey has a little spelling error: it spells re-branding, not innovation.

Just took the survey. That’s a marketing survey, not too heavy on the innovation side of things.

The rate of bicycle innovation has been squelched by big brands that “need” to control the rate of consumer-ready “innovations.” It’s really sad, if you think about it. Computers have come a long way… I remember seeing a mountain bike here on B.R., maybe three years ago, and it was the breath of fresh air that I’d been waiting for; a brilliant inboard drivetrain and gear-box. The only thing that has advanced is manufacturing; between the advances in machinery, engineering, and cam, all we get are cool widgets. Now, that’s cool, but it’s nothing compared to other things that have advanced a extreme rates. I mean, we’re smashing atoms together, and lubing our chains.

its worth it for the last question… definitely not 🙂

My bike brand is not relentless enough. I quit riding it.