Curious conundrum... Although the shaft would be spinning at a decent rate, the little bearings would only go through a tiny movement on each moment of contact, so they'd have a very slow rotation rate, making them somewhat more prone to binding or suffering impact effects from dirt caught between the meat-grinder.... oh, sorry, sprocket teeth and the shaft lobe bearings.10speedsemiracer wrote:I imagine the spin-rate would keep a lot of gunk out of there...maybe.bychosis wrote:I wonder how it copes with mud/rain/grit. The little bearings appear to be relatively unprotected.
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Postby AUbicycles » Wed Jul 18, 2018 7:05 am
An interesting observation is that there are fewer contact points. At the front and back, at any one point, there are only a few teeth while on a conventional chain around the front chainring, two jockey wheels and a cog, there is more contact.
I think this is very much where the efficiency claims come into play. Ceramic Speed eliminate the amount of contact points so on the condition that the drive is effective, there is certainly less resistance and better peformance. But I am speculating that the power transfer is the week point for the reasons mentioned above.
Drive shaft systems have traditionally suffered from inefficiency. Biomega has them and even the recent but failed IKEA bike though the drive shaft idea is over 100 years old. While it is nice to see a shifting concept on the Ceramic Speed (actually havn't seen it shifting) once any real power needs to go through, it is possibly that the performance gains are then lost because more friction is required between the driveshaft and from and rear cassette.
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Postby MichaelB » Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:51 am
No need to speculate.10speedsemiracer wrote:I'd like to see it in a high-torque scenario, i.e. 90+kg rider, uphill, low-speed grind. Think the crown wheel at the rear would probably deform unless there's a very clever hub design behind it...I dunno, just speculating.
It WILL.
The ability for the 'cassette' to support any load and resist deflection that far from the centre support means it would have to be very stiff, therefore heavy, and therefore useless for what is proposed.
I re-iterate "dumb idea" all about marketing.
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Postby AUbicycles » Thu Jul 19, 2018 10:50 pm
The 'deflection' problem isn't solved without removing the initial aim of low friction... and more importantly (but let me save my brain power), the sizing necessary to duplicate an expected gear range would likely still mean that the 'cog / chain ring' in the rear would be large and still have the 'stiffness issue.ironhanglider wrote:I don't know why they didn't turn it around and have a single cog at the back and the 13 cog arrangement at the front with the teeth pointing inwards. That might help solve some of the issues raised above.
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Postby MichaelB » Tue Aug 27, 2019 1:13 pm
Oh, but it's now tested as more aero than a std chainring setup**
CeramicSpeed’s shaft-drive drivetrain now confirmed aero
Are they serious ….. a new low in CT's journalism credentials.
**without actual data or something that is actually a working solution, never mind about the weight …..
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Postby MichaelB » Wed Aug 28, 2019 8:24 pm
Significant steps in marketing effort, maybe.Duck! wrote:While they claim to have made "significant steps" in making it shift gears, they still haven't come close to proving it as a functional, let alone viable system.
Can’t see anything else resembling improvement or practicality.
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Postby RobertL » Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:48 am
Exactly. I'm mentally filing this under: Looks interesting. Will be great if it works. Won't waste my time on it until they announce a working version.Duck! wrote:While they claim to have made "significant steps" in making it shift gears, they still haven't come close to proving it as a functional, let alone viable system.
I've seen too many of these sort of things to get too excited at this stage.
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Postby MichaelB » Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:15 am
I’ll file it as a marketing exercise only. Will never work as advertised, won’t be cost effective, won’t be light therefore absolute load of shite from the beginning.RobertL wrote:Exactly. I'm mentally filing this under: Looks interesting. Will be great if it works. Won't waste my time on it until they announce a working version.Duck! wrote:While they claim to have made "significant steps" in making it shift gears, they still haven't come close to proving it as a functional, let alone viable system.
I've seen too many of these sort of things to get too excited at this stage.
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Postby AUbicycles » Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:08 pm
The Ceramic Speed drives are concepts... as the previous 'almost zero resistance drive train' has already been challenged from every angle, I would expect that press adapt accordingly.
Press releases and press coverage need to reflect that they are concepts for demonstration. Reading the press release and the CyclingTips coverage, I feel that the average reader would understand that this 99% efficient and super-aerodynamic drivetrain are market-ripe and will be available to buy in the near future.
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Postby MichaelB » Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:17 am
Something good may come out of it, but more like a loss leader marketing tool to me.
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Postby RobertL » Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:15 pm
Or maybe it will be more like Ford's T-drive. The got that concept working, and it had advantages - on paper - but they just couldn't get the vibration or reliability sorted out to make it viable. Pity - I liked that idea.MichaelB wrote:Interesting and obviously pouring in some money to it, but as I thought about it last night, is reminding me more and more of the Orbital Engine.
Something good may come out of it, but more like a loss leader marketing tool to me.
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Postby 10speedsemiracer » Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:44 pm
The words 'Danger Zone' don't inspire confidence
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Postby P!N20 » Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:24 pm
Nor does the grim reaper at 2:42.10speedsemiracer wrote:The words 'Danger Zone' don't inspire confidence
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Re: CeramicSpeed DrivEn drivetrain
Postby MichaelB » Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:26 pm
10speedsemiracer wrote:GCN also had a look at it at Eurobike :
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The words 'Danger Zone' don't inspire confidence
I'd love to see some schematics of the various stages of shifting, as it sounds feasible, but still has the Orbital Engine feel to me.
The other thing that bugs me, is no-one, and I mean NO-ONE asks the obvious but hard questions. They just swallow the marketing and regurgitate it and smile.
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Postby Tim » Thu Sep 05, 2019 5:55 pm
For example, ceramic bottom bracket bearings. Great bearings for high speed, high temp applications eg. bearings spinning at 10,000 RPM+. How fast do I peddle? About 85 RPM.
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Postby P!N20 » Thu Sep 05, 2019 6:03 pm
Yeah, it’s a saturated market.Tim wrote:Seems to me Ceramicspeed are in the business of selling outrageously expensive, unnecessary products to the gullible cycling community.
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Well, it's a target-rich environment!Tim wrote:...the gullible cycling community...
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