No More Chains! The Future of Bike Design? | CeramicSpeed’s Driven MTB & Road Drivetrain

We published a video about CeramicSpeed's Driven chainless concept drivetrain last week and... well, a lot of you didn't like it ⛓🙅‍♀️ The innovative brand addresses some of the (fair) concerns about last week's news and is now ready to show a prototype version of the drivetrain that shifts, as well as showing a mountain bike version. We're pretty excited, but what do you think?

I like it. My only issue is that I always have a trailer attached to my bike when I am riding. So how can I take an existing trailer and attach it to use with this bike?

How is it not obvious to everyone that the rear "dish" will bend and the gear will skip under torque?

They should make the contact teeth ball bearings instead of those flat aluminum cylinders, so that shifting gears is smoother.

This plus a 72v electric middrive electric motor would be absolutely fire. And probably stupid good.

so can we have drive train tech blended with some internal gearing hub tech and see what happens? can we do that?

Cool new technology. A lot more information is needed to know if it is the future

Can you say FRAGILE!!!

Seems like a good alternative to gear hubs

This is now 2 years old. I feel really let down.

Let me try

Balls on that reporter for stating the dislike of the design in front of the guy who designed it.

There are so many disadvantages to this design, compared to a simple chain, that I am surprised that it ever made it past the drawing board. This is a heavily flawed concept that is doomed to fail.

It's about time they come up with someting better than the obsolete chain drive. Bicycles really haven't evolve much in the last 50 years.

Noisy & will break under extreme torque such as my legs at 1200Lbs leg press

Maybe much better if accompanied with cover

Tol masu gabuneg kaw.

how much does it cost? where can I get one?

Grooved collapsible bladed-fan-bushing or aperture-style forming crowned pulley ball (cog), banded v belt (belt drive chain), forward-lever which brings the drivetrain forward and moves the collapsible grooves on the pulley ball to the outermost of the concave (higher gear). No chain slip. Smooth temporary increment of higher transmission. Haha you've dealt with it

Should help with mtb suspension too. Less kickback and squat type issues. Pretty cool stuff.

This looked beautiful - but is 2 years old in a week. Is the tech dead? Or still in dev? Never saw a shifter version. What happened? Did it shear under stress?

stop giving the dude with the mic coffee

I’m highly skeptical of this.

where is buy?

onde comprar?

Needs an update

I hope motorcycle manufacturers work in collaboration with CermicSpeed.

op

Hogwarts is diversifying.

But does it work with IVTs?

good idea, I see the future in it, but there is one problem. The design of the drive requires the replacement of the frame. Hardly anyone will specially change the frame and spend several thousand on a new one just to have this drive. Unless you do so that you adapt the structure so that it can be mounted in place of today. I will buy it if I succeed and I can mount it to my bike if I do not intend to change the frame and spend more money on a new one. From what I can see, I think you will be able to construct an adapter;) Regards

Cool so, like $2000 for the part? lol Bicycles are pricey

Hope you can answer, this is not for any ordinary frame where you can just plug and play right? Lets say I have an old bike framr and want this drive train that is not possible?

Taken over is the name you need to use brother this is dynamic and ground breaking been sitting in front of everyone's eyes just never understood thank you

Does it move backward?

Call me when it actually works.

wow the anchor look like harry potter lol

Stupid idea that wont work. Too flimsy where the shaft concentrates the load in 1 tooth. How do you keep dirt and grease out of the teeth? This must have been designed by the french who designed the Chauchat machine gun with a similar open design.

Wonderful, but doesn't India have a shaft-driven bike called the Steed in full production?

This idea is gold!

Looking forward to this

How many teeths does it have?

How price thanks?

It’s been 2 years now, any updates on this concept?

Sounds silly but why not treat it like a dual clutch transmission?
Run 2 drive shafts, one engaged the other not engaged, when you shift gears, the non engaged shaft engages while disengaging the driven shaft, with a minor over lap so there is no loss of torque.

I feel this is going backwards in technology to pretty much the basics or is Cave maaaaaan riding it?