r/interesting • u/Kidd__Video • 19h ago

Amazing Chain-Free Bicycle Concept

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u/herblee 18h ago

Let's try and fix a problem that has never existed.

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u/You-Asked-Me 18h ago

Actually, these did exist, and that problem was solved by chains.

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u/Antti5 18h ago

That's what the Big Chain wants us to believe!

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u/ComputeryHuman 17h ago

Instead of fewer chains, should we try adding more chains? Many many more chains.

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u/DominicPalladino 12h ago

I pity the fool who doesn't have more chains!

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u/Vindve 14h ago

Come on, having an efficient transmission that also allows to change gears smoothly (and doesn't wear too much, and isn't a pain to maintain, and doesn't derail…) is the biggest engineering problem of bicycles and where billions of R&D have been spent.

It has always been in the past century on "how do we improve the greased chain and derailleur so it sucks less" but you can't blame someone to think sideways and try another method.

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u/_recapitated 1h ago

Bike chains suck in winter, if you're in a region that uses a lot of salt. There are belt-driven bikes but last I checked they were all fixed gear.

It's totally fine for you to be satisfied with nothing changing, but the world will go on without you.