New Tech We Want In 2025
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- We're approaching 2025 and in the world of road cycling, that means we are going to start seeing new bikes and tech be released in time for the next season, so in this video, Sam Gupta shares his wish list for all the new road cycling tech he would love to see be released in 2025.
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I doubt the green argument actually holds for cycling solar tech. My guess is that the extra energy and materials used to make and integrate solar panels far outweigh the small amount of power generated. If you want to be green with solar, get solar panels for your house and charge your devices with it.
To be clear: solar makes sense for people doing long events. But most products should skip it to avoid unnecessary waste.
Agree w/home solar panel suggestion. I add that for multi day rides, a dynamo hub will keep a battery charged.
Rack mounts on everything other than race bikes please - not much to ask.
Many folk prefer panniers to frame bags and seat packs. Rack mounts are fitted to some carbon bikes, but not enough. If you need to use a little more carbon to reinforce the frame, that's fine, it's not a race bike and most cyclists don't race anyway.
The “swan-song” argument for rim brakes reminds me of every car review from the early 2000s when they talked about the “swan-song” for v8/v10/v12 engines. There are more of those now than there have even been.
We still have swans, right? I despise the added complexity of hydraulic disks and motorized shifters on road bikes, and I will not buy such a bike. So if the brands want to sell me a new road bike, they will have to offer rim brakes and cable/spring shifting.
... there are more now than there have* ever been.
@@einundsiebenziger5488 *edited* just for you 😉
Maybe campag should make a high end rim brake set. Add a little tyre clearance, high range derailleur, 2x12, make it super light. It would have market with the weight weenies, the home mechanics, and the style obessives.
In line with the rim brake/mechanical groupset, it would be great if the rim brake was designed to accommodate wider tires (up to 32mm?). Bike companies should also offer the ability buy bikes with crank and stem lengths, handlebar width, and perhaps even gearing on a build to order basis. The only innovation required here is better supply chain management. It would of course have longer lead time, but I'd be ok with that to get a bike that works for me. Crazy to pay up to $9K for an Ultegra equipped bike, and then have to spend even more to make it fit. Also offer more bikes with standard bar/stem setups so that cyclists can easily make adjustments (ie. Aethos)
I went to the handmade bike show in Portland and castigated the wheel manufacturers there for not having wider rims for rim brakes. Interestingly, the majority of those custom bike builders are manufactured for rim brakes.
Cues for gravel bike is a game changer. Look forward to it.
Cues (despite the silly name) was the best idea Shimano had recently. Simply for the sake of getting rid of the low- to mid-tier groupsets you were tired of learning the differences between them.
Wider and lower gear ratios on drop handlebar bikes please. It's more common for people to struggle up hills than spin-out and want to go faster downhill.
How much lower than 31-40 (already available for Shimano GRX) do you want to go? If you can't ride up any of the steepest alpine passes seated on a gear like this, it's not the bike that prevents you from doing it.
Completely agree. It’s not that they aren’t available, it’s that the cassettes fitted as standard to a new bike suit the superfit youngsters not the typical fairly fit amateurs (like me) who just want to get up the hills. Changing my cassette to 11-34 from 11-28 was a gamechanger for me.
@@simon_hollinsdon’t forget you can also downsize chainrings.
@@jayobannon5359Sure, I thought about that but I was pushing my tech ability just changing a cassette.
The point being why not make these bikes easy to ride at the point of sale, for a typical rider with an FTP of maybe 150W-200W and max power of 500W - 700W, spinning at around 80-85 rpm cadence. Not a world tour pro.
@@einundsiebenziger5488 when you get to 66yo and you are touring with kit, you can still get up alpine passes, but it does get harder, so why not have an easier option? One of my bikes is 24 years old with Shimano Deore XT and has lower gears than GRX can offer - despite Shimano's smoke and mirror claims, that doesn't seem like progress to me.
I use a Coospo arm band heart rate monitor.. its brilliant, accurate and not so subjected to sweat in the same way as chest straps.. also so much comfier and easy to wear.. :) Pete
Mine has been rubbish
How do u know it’s accurate?
The swan song is probably already here: the last mechanical Dura-Ace is most likely the best there is. I don't own one but I expect it to be, considering the price. As for heart rate monitors, the Decathlon ones are actually very good in terms of ruggedness. Never had them die on me and the sensor clips on/out of the strap.
I'd recommend a coospo arm band heart rate monitor been using for the last 18 months and been great, Prior to that had issues with wahoo chest strap.
I have been using the XOSS X2 Pro for ages now, its basically a sealed unit rechargeable heart rate monitor. I sweat on it every day with no issues.
Mine has been rubbish. I had to get a refund from Amazon
@@paulcummins6216 unlikely I have two of them been great and know quite a few that use them. Maybe there are differences in models
Bring back accessible cable-routing. And how much more universal than the humble rubber O-ring to attach your rear light to your bike do you want stuff to be?
I feel you so much with the bar width thing😂. I (except for the new Canyon) wouldn‘t be able to run integrated bars on a super fancy bike just because I want 35/36cm bars.
Did you rinse heart rate monitor with water after every use? You cannot complain if you did not maintain it according to the user manual.
I would welcome a world in which the parts to keep older Super Record or DuraAce mechanical on the road aren't really hard to find. Even at $400 per cassette, I have a at least one new Super Record 11-27 and one Super Record 11-25 for my prized, ten-year-old Campy mechanical steed. Now, however, it's getting harder to find the chain or, more recently hood covers (6 month wait!)
Get miche cassettes instead
I've been using my original Wahoo TICKR HRM since 2017 and it's still going strong. Replaced strap once but pod just as good as new.
Polished alloy 12 speed mechanical group sets with a 5 spoke spider, rim brakes to fit up to 32 with rain guards, and gearing for touring bike packing or light gravel. I like the retro look and I’d like to update my older touring frame’s components.
My wishlist: titanium 3d printing becomes affordable
Campagnolo still has the rim brake group set! Duh
I think the main benefit of adjustable stems and bars would be that only one product (SKU) has to be manufactured for all bike sizes, and it would allow the customer to experiment with different lengths and widths, without changing parts.
This is really a load of BS, the modern bikes are not sustainable they use proprietary stems, handlebars, and cable routing. I don't want a bike to be like a car with electronics and hard to find parts and software that needs upgrades. The beauty of bicycling is the simplicity.
I want a new Garmin Varia with USB-C, smaller size, and longer battery life
MyZone heart rate straps and monitor. Rechargable, used for spinning 6 days a week for over 6 years with no problems.
Forget rim brakes, but would be all in for a mechanical groupset, in fact I’d love if the front shifter would be friction shifting!
My wahoo rechargeable HR has not had any issues so far over the past six months.
Argon 18 AHB5000 was an integrated handlebar with adjustable stem length.
Computers use so little electricity, you’d have to prove the lifetime cost of the production of the solar integration outweighs the electric savings.
That being said I just got a used 840 solar this week to replace my 8 year old edge 520. Only because I got it at $400.
Without entering into a potentially gross chat about sweat, I’m curious about your issues with HRMs. I’ve used polar H9 for ages, never had an issue including during pretty gruesome rides that got base layer totally soaked. Also the strap can be washed, hand washed in my case never brave enough to put it in the washing machine :p
Yeah I’ve never had problems with my chest strap and sweat (Garmin standard one) I chuck it in the washing machine every few rides and am still on my original one that’s at least 5 yrs old
A handlebar is not a pair. Attach 240v to one end & touch the other. You'll find out how many you have.
I use my Garmin Fenix 6 to broadcast heart rate, still working after 5 years. My wrist is a lot less sweaty than my chest…
The day Shimano/Sram discontinue rim brakes is the day I start shopping on Aliexpress for an L-Twoo groupset. Both my rim brake bikes are going to *STAY ON THE ROAD*
Im just waiting for them to get their shit together and release a polished product
on my sigma sports hr monitor i can take off the sensor. it is still with battery. but i wash the strap every other ride with my stuff.
Nobody can use the Garmin mount because Garmin has it patinated and sues over it. It's why the excellent (unmatched for actual navigation why haven't you featured it yet?) Beeline had to change its mounting system. Legal threats from Garmin.
Garmin has it patented*. How is something with a plastic housing supposed to develop a patina?
Rim brakes will come back. Half of roadbikes is just fashion
Tech I want: Time stamps in your videos.
So your big concern about wide handlebars is that they're less aero-efficient. That most people are riding bars that are too wide for an optimal fit isn't on your radar. Cool. It's good to see someone focused on saving precious watts rather than being concerned about people having a proper fit. You do realize, don't you, that it's likely that the overwhelming majority of cyclists don't give a damn about saving a couple of watts, right. Oh, wait. You probably don't realize that. It's good to see "journalists" being open about how much they really don't care about anyone that isn't chasing marginal gains.
Sadly, like most things these days, heart rate monitors are designed to fail over time.
In 2025 I dont want anything of this. With new K3 and Orca disk brake bike, i only want new rides in the mountains.
While rim brake will always have a place in my heart.
Issue I notice with demands for a rim brake resurgence is that people aren’t willing to pay the price for a manufacturer to make this a sustainable business decision.
Half the charm of rim brake is affordability in second hand parts.
Wow 2025
Cheaper aluminum adjustable stem and handlebars - so the fit could be dialed in without breaking the bank. And use the saved money for the more expensive non-adjustable ones.
Adjustable stems are super common on hybrid/trekking/commuter bikes. Hardly ever has any of them been adjusted after the bike has left the shop. They are heavy and they're ugly. And width-adjustable bars are just accidents waiting to happen. Have your bike properly adjusted to you when you buy it makes much more sense.
Old steel bars of old (like 40 years ago, came in 39 cm, go back bike brands.
I ask for one thing sell me your Specialized Swork Allez please.
Stock up on secondhand mechanical components and 3x9 chainsets and sprockets, and enjoy troublefree cycling for the rest of your life while everyone else is chasing ridiculous innovations. Cycling companies have lost their minds.
Bring back hydraulic rim brakes pls
The green argument for anything is a joke and a way to steer your money towards that industry over traditional ones. Wake up people and learn how to critically analyze "data" and how review and test stats before accepting it as fact.
CUES is disgustingly cheaply made, with non removable chainrings, poor quality materials (stamped steel instead of aluminium), an agricultural look, porky total weights, no rim brakes and no reverse compatibility with previous road or mtb groupsets. No thanks. I'd much rather buy second hand groupsets than CUES.
At 6ft 3ins and 100kg I recently went from 120mm stem and 420mm handlebar to an 80mm stem and 380mm handlebar and the improvement in comfort was dramatic.
Understand the shorter stem but not the narrower bar. I'm 6'1" and would not want any bar narrower than 440 mm, as a narrow bar feels like it restricts my breathing. But to each their own.
I'm also 6ft 3 and did exactly the opposite. Far more comfortable and better power transfer with longer stem
Chokdat...
Really???????? More sustainability is what the everyday cyclist is worried about? I think not. This is just more Woke BS.
Please research the meaning of woke. While I agree that sustainability is not really an issue in a relatively eco-friendly sport I am a big fan of the paper/cardboard-only packaging by shimano and I see no downside.
cutting down on plastic packaging and battery use is "Woke" now? Please 🤦
I like how the solar panels are on mudguards which people use when the sun isn’t out
I don't think most people care about sustainability goals... But you do you... Even lego said processing the recycled plastics into lego bricks is too much work and it's rather unsustainable. But nooooo we need to achieve the sustainability goals
This guy is brutal
You want us to buy second hand yet we all know electronic groupsets is the only future.
Hmmm, I upgraded to mechanical from my Di2, havent had any annoying problems since.
I'm not willing to bolt solar panels onto my bikes, nor will I pay more for a computer with a solar panel.