http://www.bikerumor.com/2013/06/04/tech-speak-talking-electronic-shifting-suspension-control-and-bike-evolution-with-blackcatbone/#more-60946 really interesting article. Never heard of "mechatronics" before.
I like his point at the end that electronics will undoubtedly make its way onto mountain bikes (in a sense it aready has with Lapierre and Fox et al.), but that doing so on a rear derailleur that's always so prone to damage sucks. Maybe, just maybe, this is the ticket for gearbox bikes? make them mechatronic and they just might work... I also like the idea of sensors on cranks and brakes to control LSC damping on the shock and the fork...
anyways, pretty cool stuff, I thought I'd throw it up here to see what poo the monkeys can fling at it...
I like his point at the end that electronics will undoubtedly make its way onto mountain bikes (in a sense it aready has with Lapierre and Fox et al.), but that doing so on a rear derailleur that's always so prone to damage sucks. Maybe, just maybe, this is the ticket for gearbox bikes? make them mechatronic and they just might work... I also like the idea of sensors on cranks and brakes to control LSC damping on the shock and the fork...
anyways, pretty cool stuff, I thought I'd throw it up here to see what poo the monkeys can fling at it...