Bike Imaginings

On the subject of bikes, apart from getting rid of all components that are subject to rust, I’d like to see a bike engineered for easy maintenance and good security.

All the key components would be affixed with proprietary bolts and the like. This would deter the casual thief from stealing bits off the bike, which still happens despite the fact that bikes themselves aren’t stolen much these days.

And the bike would come with a complete toolset so the owner can do every imaginable repair on the bike without recourse to a bike shop. Video instructions would be web-available.

The engineering design around parts like the crank and headset would have to be re-imagined to enable facile maintenance and lower cost tooling. This would be quite easy to do.

I couldn’t be arsed doing this but it’s a great idea for some young and passionate entrepreneur.

This is not the answer (below) but it just shows that there are such entrepreneurial types out there that just need to be given a little push in the right direction…