MTB gear and equiptment - what do you need?

liammarriott182

Hi all,

Thanks for taking the time to look at this post.

I am a recent graduate product designer and have also got back into MTBing over the last year - loving it!!
Just as a little project on the side, i would like to have a go at designing/engineering some new bike gear/accessories.

I would like to know if anyone has any ideas of possible products that are missing i the market or tweaks to existing parts that you have come across and thought, that would be good if.....

I know all innovation is done by the leading development brands, this is only really to occupy my evenings, but any thoughts on possible product ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

mcnultycop

Do you not have any ideas of your own? If I came up with a good product I wouldn't share it with a stranger on the Internet.

Twelly

Handlebar mounted microwave - for on-the-go sausage rolls and the like

liammarriott182

its a fair comment mcnultycop, as this is only a little project for me it wont go anywhere anyway, so people should not be worries about sahring good ideas so much. I was only hoping to draw on riders with more experience than i have, and there are many here!

felix.london

Qué?

cooldad

So if it's a good idea it won't go anywhere?
Seems doubly pointless.

liammarriott182

it may not greatly have a point to many, but it is just a chance for me to develope my skills in design and under stand better the components that make up the sport i am growing to love. That is all, i was only interested to see if any one had any ideas of cool or different items that dont exist.

supersonic

590.5mm rims? This is bang on in the middle of 29ers and 26ers.

nicklouse

TwellySmat wrote:

Handlebar mounted microwave - for on-the-go sausage rolls and the like

nah. bar mounted bacon and cake producer.

CUBEical

adjustable frame size ?

supersonic

We have those to an extent - seat posts and stems.

Twelly

CUBEical wrote:

adjustable frame size ?

Why?

WindyG

Helmet mounted Haribo dispenser

Kowalski675

supersonic wrote:

590.5mm rims? This is bang on in the middle of 29ers and 26ers.

Or yet another marketing category name for an arbitrarily chosen range of suspension travel ?

Can I have bionic legs?

craker

Continuously variable gears? Anyone given it a go yet? ;-)

nicklouse

craker wrote:

Continuously variable gears? Anyone given it a go yet? ;-)

tried it a few years back.

CUBEical

TwellySmat wrote:

CUBEical wrote:

adjustable frame size ?

Why?

well we all know the ideal size of a mtb greatly differs from the size of the ideal road bike for any one height. so if you decided to go out on a xc ride you could mke the bike around 18inch for a 5ft 10 rider then on the same day for the ride on the road you could increase the size to 20 to 22 inch as the size guide states for 5ft 10..... like i have bruaght a second hand bike with a frame size of 22inch it a mtb i got it because the forks were worth what i paid, it the right size for a road bike but if i decide to take it xc it will be 3 to 4 inches to big now if i could change that it would be great

cooldad

So there you have it - try and design the most useless bike ever with 590.5mm rims, CVT and an adjustable frame with built in bacon maker.

CUBEical

cooldad wrote:

So there you have it - try and design the most useless bike ever with 590.5mm rims, CVT and an adjustable frame with built in bacon maker.

it don't sound useless lol

houston26

cooldad wrote:

So there you have it - try and design the most useless bike ever with 590.5mm rims, CVT and an adjustable frame with built in bacon maker.

CUBEical

helium filled tyres and frame ?

liammarriott182

thanks for your comments!