In 2050 will anyone still use a manual bike, with no gps tracking or rider registration? Will e-bikes have taken over the market? Will the push to autonomous vehicles put detection of bikes in the "too difficult " pile and limit us to Sustrans pavement routes?
Quote from: telstarbox on 16 January, 2023, 11:15:23 pmIn 2050 will anyone still use a manual bike, with no gps tracking or rider registration? Will e-bikes have taken over the market? Will the push to autonomous vehicles put detection of bikes in the "too difficult " pile and limit us to Sustrans pavement routes?In the unlikely event that civilisation as we know it still exists in 2050. Yes, traditional acoustic bikes will still be a thing. There's nothing better for efficiency of moving humans about.J
Quote from: quixoticgeek on 16 January, 2023, 11:45:23 pmIn the unlikely event that civilisation as we know it still exists in 2050. Yes, traditional acoustic bikes will still be a thing. There's nothing better for efficiency of moving humans about.Assuming that moving humans about is an important thing…
In the unlikely event that civilisation as we know it still exists in 2050. Yes, traditional acoustic bikes will still be a thing. There's nothing better for efficiency of moving humans about.
Quote from: Jaded on 16 January, 2023, 11:50:48 pmQuote from: quixoticgeek on 16 January, 2023, 11:45:23 pmIn the unlikely event that civilisation as we know it still exists in 2050. Yes, traditional acoustic bikes will still be a thing. There's nothing better for efficiency of moving humans about.Assuming that moving humans about is an important thing…As per my first sentence.J
Quote from: quixoticgeek on 16 January, 2023, 11:52:19 pmAs per my first sentence.er, no.
As per my first sentence.
Civilisation existing versus humans needing to move about.The first can occur without the last.
Quote from: Jaded on 17 January, 2023, 12:03:46 amCivilisation existing versus humans needing to move about.The first can occur without the last."civilisation as we know it"That involves people moving.J
Kim, you are very bad!
No. We'll all be using pedalos. Climate change, innit.
Presumably the OP had a presumption that we confine the question to Europe and North America.
Quote from Yet Another Cycling Forum for Fish on 17 January 2050 at 01:23:45The new swim indicators on the new Tunatronic 6500 fin-helmet are as much use as tits on a human.
Aren't e-bikes just e-waste in waiting? As soon as you add batteries or electronics to a mechanical contrivance, it becomes subject to "digital rot" in the form of obsolescence, irrecoverable loss of function and cessation of support.