The Big 2024 Cycling Tech Trends (according to industry insiders…)
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- čas přidán 28. 04. 2024
- What are the top tech trends to watch out for in cycling over the next 12 months? I asked a bunch of people at the recent Sea Otter Classic show to find out. L
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here is a trend that would actually be cool: AFFORDABLE BIKES
So many new things!! It's nice to see that biking is more popular now than ever. I hope that I will always be able to get tires and tubes for my ancient all steel Raleighs. For me, new is a fifty year old Raleigh.
Bigger tires are needed on modern bikes that ride terribly. 44mm head tubes and the ultra rigid forks require larger tires. Anyone who owns bike with a steel bike with 1" head tube, small tube diameters and a well made steel fork will know this.
Don't you just love that the first thing commenters think of writing is everything that is wrong with tech trends in their eyes? It's the people who complain the most, who also spend the least. And money talks. Get a lower tier model and you'll have your easy cable routing and separate handlebars and stems. Stop whining and go for a ride.
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I'm a fan of the manufacturers that have higher end models that are still very easy to service, upgrade, and travel with. Things like standard seat post, 2 piece bar stem, threaded bb, etc.
You can always build your own bike with the highest end frame possible, then add standard carbon bits
wider tyres? Yes! Comeback of metal bikes? Absolutely! Plus: less integration.
My tech trend prediction; Endurance road bikes will merge into gravel bikes to re-define the "all road" platform. The endurance genre of road bikes will disappear whilst a simple swap of wheels and tires will allow road riding or gravel riding on one frame.
In 1994 I put 38C tires and Araya 26" rims on my French-Canadian road bike wilt Bullmoose style one-piece handlebars.
I replaced the cranks with Sugino BMX and bear-trap pedals. I swapped the rear brake with Dia-Compe BMX calipers.
That bike was way better than it deserved to be with those fantastic Bontrager slicks.
I once got stuck riding 35 miles of fresh pea gravel, and it handled like a dream when it should have been a nightmare.
Nice -
I was just asking for such a video!
I totally agree with wanting to run bigger tires. But when it comes to the weight issue, it's the tires that contribute the most to the weight increase. The wheels are nigh on identical weight, whether it's a 19mm internal width or a 25 mm internal width.
No major trends since integrated bars and electronic groupsets, but with bike and component pricing out of control, no doubt a growing "trend" that consumers are becoming more aware and open to purchasing decent quality Chinese frame and component brands that offer great value and relative performance. Think Elilee, Seka, Winspace, Yoeleo, VoiceVelo, Craft Racing Wheels, Farsports, EXS, etc. Many of these brands are setting up local distributers in country and service, support and marketing is improving
I don't see a move to Chinese electronic groupsets just yet, but it's not long until they get it right.
Thank you for all the coverage David!
Integration is fine only if the OEM offers you the option of your choice in stem length and bar width
Nailed it. I can deal with internal whatever (I don't work in a shop) since either only work on one bike. But for goodness sake if somebody is spending more than 2k on a bike they should be able to spec all the things.
Well.... most high end frames doesnt come with handle bars so youre kinda given the option to pick any lol.
wider tire clearance means your road race bike is your 7kg gravel bike. one allroad bike, done!
New tech is undoubtedly a good thing. However choice for consumer should come first which is why it is annoying that very few bike manufacturers offer bikes with rim brakes or if they do not many options. Are disc brakes better? Yes no doubt in wet conditions but there is a cost and weight penalty. All we ask is to have a choice and increasingly getting more difficult.
I hear wider tyres constantly but for a road bike 28mm seems fine even on less than perfect tarmac and it keeps frame weight and total weight down if that matters to you.
All Road is just better marketing speak for an endurance bike that can handle canal towpaths, bridal ways and forest fire roads.
I want a bike I can easily maintain. No internal cabling unless it's accessible somehow. No electronic shifting unless it's much cheaper than good mechanical. I don't race, so I don't care what's allowed: if you build in aero, do it right and don't stick to race legal. Comfort matters, but so do weight, speed, and price.
My electronic shifting (SRAM Rival) IS much cheaper than any mechanical shifting that could perform at the same level.
I agree pretty much. Although, I'd pick SRAM electronic shifting if it was priced closer to mid-tier mechanical.
It's easy to fit (no wires or cables), and shifts nicely.
It probably won't last as long as mechanical kit that soldiers on for decades though.
Cheers
A 700x47 Gravel tire on an i25-30mm rim with tire pressure 25-30psi for average weight riders. That's where I think Gravelbikes should go.
Design road bikes around 650b. This would help frame design maintain aggressive geometry, increase tire clearance while limiting toe overlap (especially on smaller frame sizes) as tires approach 40mm. The 650b wheel and tire combo is also both lighter and stronger.
Dylan…. The main factor in this year’s Roubaix speed was the wind. I agree wider tires don’t harm speed that much but even mvdp was on 28mm before the cobbles and changed bikes during the only “relative” lull after 90-100K in the race.
Watch his video with Peak Torque about road tyres, and particularly P-R......The WT teams are still ultra conservative with tyre widths for that race.
@@WerdnaLiten You (or Dylan) are suggesting that WT teams haven't made their homework and don't read power numbers and don't test tires at different width? Dylan / PT haven't done PR once in their lifes but they sure know that a race with the first 160K raced at 50K average requires you to ride wider than 30mm... From personal experience, having ridden the PR cyclo more than 10 times, I don't buy their theoretical claims. Wider tires give more comfort on the cobbles but there is an optimum with regards to the comfort (which frankly isn't the main consideration in this race)/ power gains on cobbles (which are substantial) and the asphalt (where low pressure wide tires are, sorry to say, an anchor!) in between.
I think Bikepacking will continue to increase. Fun on a bike and see the county/Country/World.. yes please.
Campa guy totally missed the point… if he wants to, I can take over his job and tell him campa needs to get rid of half of their current wheelsets (who needs an Hyperon ultra and a hyperon one and a wto33 and a wto ultra…?), go for a 24-25mm internal wider do-it-all (gravel and road) disc hooked wheelset at 45mm high, 1400g and no more than 1200 euro price point.
Next time, David, it'd be great if you got sometime from Backwards Hat Dylan, too. 😀
Here is what I would like to see: a focus on quality, ease of service, optimized bike fit, affordability, and durability. That instead of gimmicks and shoddy construction. Aero is fine but for most normal riders (who don’t race) perfecting the aero of their bike is while having a BB that’s not cut perfectly is idiotic.
I’m on board with wide tires. But can we then stop taking about bike frame design being used to absorb road vibration. Leave that job to the part of the bike that is made of rubber and filled with air. This is the best argument for the return of aluminum. It no longer is a bad thing that aluminum frames are super stiff.
Also, can we please stop putting holes in the frame for storage. You want that bike to last 10-15 years? Don’t build it with a big hole in it.
This also requires customers to stop chasing gimmicks and demand sensible quality bikes that perfectly fit them.
Campagnolo gravel electronic groupset with double chainset 🙏🙏🙏👍and 13 speed 😉
campa is really underrated rn, just look at those wheels. they are lighter than any wheels on the market + groupset + powermeter + how it looks
You need to have a look at Extralite wheels.....
@@CyclespeedTours do they have an amazing design? no. Can they hold my 2k-watt sprint? I bet they die after a month. do they have any crash replacement/discount? bruh.
i guess they can be good for some people but not for the pro team + team needs groupset and other stuff that I can't find on their website.
@@markfroome they have an excellent design. You said 'they are lighter than any wheels on the market'. So just correcting you And if you have a 2000W sprint, how come I don't see you in the Tour de France?
eagerly waiting for wireless brakes and also pedal-less bikes, why should we even bother to pedal when paying these prices
These guys are struggling a bit to come up with “trends”. It’s all been done before. Differentiation between road, all road, gravel, etc. what about the one bike to rule them all? I love this sport and I love the new tech, but I think the main trend for the next 12 months is unfortunately more cycling industry related companies shutting their doors.
Products priced into oblivion..
wheelsets need to get wider. It`s pointless having a 25mm outer width wheel with a 28, 30 or 32mm tyre. And I believe those combinations cause front end instability at high speeds. Wheels for road have to go 32mm outer width minimum. Until then, and after using 28 and 30mm tyres for road, I went back to 25mm. The tyre inflates to 28mm, my wheels are 25 mm outer width, so that means better aerodinamics, and I´m not afraid to go 4,5bar with those 25mm, so confort or grip are not a problem.
Wide tires getting overrated somehow. I like 32mm GP5000s on my 3T Discus, 29mm internal, wheels which end up measuring 35mm - they dont feel as fun as a road bike measuring 28-32.
Sure I'll ride wide on gravel bikes, but road bikes I don't have desire to go over 32mm after trying out a few setups personally.
Tested my gravel bike on those 3Ts, 35mm GP5000s vs my Allez Sprint on 25mm GP5000s and the Allez was nearly 1mph on the same 10 mile Strava segment with nearly identical conditions.
Road race bikes can be fun, not everything needs to be all-road.
I don’t see any significant trends in the next 1 to 2 years. However, over the medium term, I see continued improvements in electronic shifting, more front end suspension, and modest improvements in tire clearance, size and choices.
We're essentially evolving toward the 11kg mountain bike hard tail for ALL riding, correct? I'm rolling mine out of the attic as we speak.
maybe, but the 8/9kg racey hardtail is even better - classic euro xc geo, not the long low slack style.... I ride mine all the time, it never made it up to the attic.
The trend should be lighter/cheaper bikes.
Agree on better tire quality.
Isn't there a plethora of cheap bikes available all the time?
@@jochem1986 cheap yeah, lighter nah
@@Jasongristick Oh, you want a bike made from expensive materials, but cheap. Got it.
@@jochem1986 who doesn’t want that
@@Jasongristick Any cyclist who loves to dream. I do however suspect that you would endlessly keep moving the bar for what is considered a good deal, so it's not in any manufacturers interest to try to satisfy your dream.
I want to see big name manufacturers, i.e. shimano sram, offer all the way down to 150mm cranks. Yes tire size is great, but shorter cranks has been a trend for years now yet both really only offer down to 165mm and the only way to go shorter is some smaller company on their own proprietary setup.
Tires going wider for sure!
you tease that awesome aero seat post light at the start, but no mention the rest of the video. who makes it?!
It's on the BMC Roadmachine I reviewed on Sunday
Integration is a bad thing. Throw away your bike when your light no longer works and they don't make spares or more likely they have gone bust. No thanks
Most of the 7 to 10,000 $ bikes that people buy are so out of shape . I ride a a wicked 105 trek emonda. I don't really see why such an expensive bike lol ,you'll never utilize the last weight savings lol .
Being 54 I smoke em and im newbie lol
New tech is a good thing 😎👍💯
What do I think of the way bike tech is trending? I think it mostly sucks. Not because it's bad, but because it's leaving so many "experienced" riders behind. The bike industry has a serious problem; it wrongly assumes we all want to go as fast as possible and don't mind if our bikes cost a mint to buy and are a PITA to maintain. That's why so many bike companies are in financial trouble.
That is hardly why. It's because they wanted to bank during Covid, but now everyone has a new bike and they are left with a large stockpile.
@@jochem1986 If that's the case, where is this stockpile, why are prices still so high, and why are they pushing new stuff?
The first interviewee is spot on. Asking for wider (external) rims since about two years and now it finally catches on. Good times. :)
Integration is a terrible idea. Bikes shouldn't be limited life, disposable items.
the campagnolo spokesperson is delusional
Genuinely 'cool' people don't get excited about bicycle tec trends. Only sad people and virgins do 😂🤣.