Dan Bacon of Wheelbased on the (Potential) Future of MTB Tech (Ep.226)

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Dan Bacon of Wheelbased on the (Potential) Future of MTB Tech (Ep.226)
Shimano's Piezoelectric Shifter

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Dan Bacon of Wheelbased on the (Potential) Future of MTB Tech (Ep.226)
Dan Bacon of Wheelbased on the (Potential) Future of MTB Tech (Ep.226)
Dan Bacon of Wheelbased on the (Potential) Future of MTB Tech (Ep.226)

Bike companies file a lot of wild patents, spanning from “nearly released product” to “outrageous pie-in-the-sky idea.” Dan Bacon of Wheelbased chronicles many of the more interesting ones, and we brought him back on the show to talk about some recent highlights, from Bilstein’s proposed fork damper to Shimano’s multiple electronic brake concepts, a carbon fiber cooler from Yeti (the BIKE company), and a whole bunch more.

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Bilstein’s wild fork damper (2:28)
SRAM’s gravel linkage fork (7:48)
Fox’s new Live Valve (17:04)
Shimano’s piezoelectric shifters (25:10)
Shimano’s electronic brake (31:11)
Yeti (the bike company) making a cooler?? (38:45)
Dan’s Big Idea (43:48)

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1 comment on “Dan Bacon of Wheelbased on the (Potential) Future of MTB Tech (Ep.226)”

  1. In regards to the piezoelectric shifters, Leviton actually makes a solenoid powered light switch that creates enough power from the travel/throw on the switch to create a wireless Zigbee (I think) signal back to a smart hub.

    Would be cool to see something like this be used on a dropper lever!

    https://leviton.com/products/wss0s-s9w

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