Originally Posted by
DVC45
What's so wrong with the current, simple set-up?
I am sure the people who built bikes with no pedals asked the same ... and the people who saw Pennyfarthings get pushed aside by safety bikes .... Not all new development is progress, but a lot of it is. When I was a kid, a 36-pound three-speed was the best it got. Now I have a full-suspension MTB that weighs considerably less, and 22-speed road bikes which weigh half that. But there was nothing particularly wrong with the old Sturmey-Archer-equipped steel behemoth.