Chris Boardman revisits his 2009 'intelligent' bike
"I’d design something very different now": Chris Boardman revisits his 'intelligent' bike concept from 2009
"'Bike’ covers such a diverse range of activity, from exploring off trail, to riding alpine passes, or just going to the shops with kids in tow. Such is the wonderfully diverse nature of the machine", said Boardman.As Boardman admits, the concept he created in '09 is a lot to put into one bike.
"If this was an off-road or around-town machine, who wouldn’t want puncture-proof tyres? This technology is still immature but would be a game changer if the hysteresis issues of non-pneumatic options can be overcome," Boardman said when revising his original design.For Boardman, he said to the Telegraph back in 2009 that this would be useful for"tracking calories burned". Most of us probably now cycle withwhich measure not only that but a plethora of other ride metrics too.
"I’d want my future bike to fully capitalise on all that unused space for secure storage, aero and aesthetics reasons."Eco-friendly materials are something I wouldn’t have thought about 15 years ago, but I, like many others, am very conscious of this now. Again, those are something that does exist already, but not necessarily all that integrated into a bike as Boardman envisions.What about solar charging then? It's a technology increasingly creeping into cycling tech – you can already get solar-powered lights and cycling computers, and earlier this year
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