We ride the past...

[Hotwheels.]

...is this the future?
Yes, I know it's not retro but it seems a bloody good design, no mechs to go wrong: https://www.gigadgets.com/newsbike
Why didn't I think of this.

 

[videojetman]

Love it.

 

[mk one]

Looks clean, but shaft drive bikes have been around for many years, so this is more the past also

 

[M-Power]

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Concepts not original and I bet its going to be eye wateringly expensive for spares, with no stockists 2/3yrs after production.

 

[hamster]

The bit they don't say is that they haven't yet worked out how to change gear. Therefore most of the cassette is just decoration. Each 'tooth' of the shaft is a tiny bearing - so each has to be lubed and kept clean.

It's vapourware.

 

[M-Power]

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Once we reverse engineer an Alien antigravity motor, the hover board will be a massive hit for Crimbo 2025.

 

[tintin40]

can it survive a British muddy winter? Those teeth look warn out already.

 

[enc]

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jeez, you wouldnt want to get tangled up in that ... like a modern day Ben Hur

 

[ishaw]

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Linkage forks are making a comeback too.

 

[BentRims]

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Looks SICK!

Though any tolerance slop between teeth and the drive-shaft? it'll be a strip fest. You need a guard over the shaft and rear cassette.

Road only, wouldn't even try to off-road that, Twig's, Rocks/Pebbles, Mud whatever.