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What if travel with a chainless bicycle?

Will it improve our trip experience or the bike is not so important?

Last day I was reading this article about nature and sustainability, and the author mentioned the hydraulic bicycle.

It took my mind…how could it be cycling the Tuscany hills with this kind of bike?

This type of bicycle is chainless and uses an hydraulic drive (similar to that are used for braking systems) that transfers power to the pedals by means of an hydraulic pump.

This could improve our touring experience by:

• Less time to maintenance [No problems to search for it during the trip planning]
• No more:
  • Chain cleaning and lubrication
  • Checking a chain for wear
  • Mending a broken chain
• Silence while cycling
• Fewer moving parts
• Better efficiency during bad weather or dirt conditions
• More energy recuperation. [Storage and power assist could be added easily]

The most important facts are the improvements in efficiency. The hydraulic bike offers a much easier way to recover braking power.

One of the possible problems could be the weight added by the liquid drive. [Think transfers by trains etc...]

The future of bicycle travels will be the “Self guided vehicles“

• Liquid drive to reduce the energy while riding the bike
• Gps system to track the roads
• An maybe the “self-steering” technologies

Bicycles with a stabilization system that can automatically adjust steering.

What do you want more?…a coffee machine integrated?