CeramicSpeed DrivEn drivetrain
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CeramicSpeed DrivEn drivetrain
Postby 10speedsemiracer » Tue Jul 10, 2018 5:03 am
The makers claim a 99% efficiency rate in power transmission to the rear...
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Postby Calvin27 » Tue Jul 10, 2018 9:04 am
I was thinking that too. But given we have graduated to thru axles, that is a huge step forward.Trevtassie wrote:Wow, there certainly would be some sideways flexing forces on the rear sprocket in low gears, from the ramping effect of the pinion rollers. It'd take some nice steel and some slick machining to make it work. (that's engineering speak for bloody expensive)
I do wonder what that would feel like to pedal though....
*Edit: And you thought a disc rotor was going to do damage in a crash? What about a plate full of spikes!
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Re: CeramicSpeed DrivEn drivetrain
Postby MichaelB » Tue Jul 10, 2018 1:38 pm
And some say discs are a solution looking for a problem .....
I can just imagine the cost of the bearings and the faff required when they are buggered.
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Postby find_bruce » Wed Jul 11, 2018 8:32 am
My thoughts exactly - does it come with automatic gears ?MichaelB wrote:5th Horsemen, please step up ...
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Postby bychosis » Wed Jul 11, 2018 11:13 am
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Re: CeramicSpeed DrivEn drivetrain
Postby 10speedsemiracer » Wed Jul 11, 2018 11:33 am
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 Nobody » Wed Jul 11, 2018 11:36 am
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Re: CeramicSpeed DrivEn drivetrain
Postby P!N20 » Wed Jul 11, 2018 11:38 am
You're jumping the gun, aren't you? They haven't figured out how to actually change gears yet.find_bruce wrote:does it come with automatic gears ?
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Postby Thoglette » Wed Jul 11, 2018 1:09 pm
...undoubtably by ignoring all the things that go wrong in bevel drive. There's reasons Ducati now uses rubber bands.10speedsemiracer wrote:The makers claim a 99% efficiency rate in power transmission to the rear...
e.g. this from geartechnology
(That's real world numbers, not hyper-adjusted lab demo.)Spur gears alone already have a very good efficiency of 99–99.8%. In contrast, bevel gears and, above all, hypoids in rear-axle drives, have a clearly lower efficiency due to their higher percentage of relative sliding (Fig. 2). According to transmission type, efficiency is approximately 85–97% (Ref. 1).
Now the picture doesn't show a hypoid but it's also not running in a bath of (clean) oil. Then there's the inevitable false neutrals between gears. Presuming they ever work out how to make it shift.
I say: "Clip, clop, clipperty, clop."
Update: The Retrogrouch is onto it and has dug up this early adopter
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Postby find_bruce » Wed Jul 11, 2018 2:36 pm
If they can quote efficiency figures for a drivetrain that doesn't exist, why can't they make it automatic? Oh & make it fly, cause I would definitely buy a flying bikeP!N20 wrote:You're jumping the gun, aren't you? They haven't figured out how to actually change gears yet.find_bruce wrote:does it come with automatic gears ?
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Re: CeramicSpeed DrivEn drivetrain
Postby bychosis » Wed Jul 11, 2018 3:39 pm
Missed that bit, I was looking for how it would work and couldn't figure out how it was done considering the bit that needs moving is on a rotating shaft and there appeared to be no cables. Although a linear actuator in the middle of the shaft electrically operated and fed by hidden wires might work (and add drag)P!N20 wrote:You're jumping the gun, aren't you? They haven't figured out how to actually change gears yet.find_bruce wrote:does it come with automatic gears ?
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Re: CeramicSpeed DrivEn drivetrain
Postby P!N20 » Wed Jul 11, 2018 4:27 pm
Geez, they're already talking a gravel model.Mububban wrote:From the short video I watched, they said it would likely be covered to keep out dirt/mud etc.
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Postby P!N20 » Wed Jul 11, 2018 4:28 pm
find_bruce wrote:cause I would definitely buy a flying bike
Retrogrouch.
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Re: CeramicSpeed DrivEn drivetrain
Postby Thoglette » Wed Jul 11, 2018 6:14 pm
Talk about making me feel old! (It's the "Gossamer Albatross" crossing the channel, if anyone cares).P!N20 wrote:Retrogrouch.
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Re: CeramicSpeed DrivEn drivetrain
Postby MichaelB » Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:58 pm
The ‘quoted’ efficiency figures, are they even real or just purely theoretical.
I notice with all the pics, but is there a video ?
Actually, probably more like a “Sky” PR exercise for their ceramic bearings than anything real
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Postby Nobody » Thu Jul 12, 2018 8:54 am
MichaelB wrote:...but is there a video ?
I don't think it will fly. Even if I'm wrong, it will probably be prohibitively expensive for almost everyone, with extremely small (if any) benefit. So I'm not a fan. But it's still interesting to look at as a novel engineering project.
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Re: CeramicSpeed DrivEn drivetrain
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Re: CeramicSpeed DrivEn drivetrain
Postby MichaelB » Thu Jul 12, 2018 3:03 pm
I’m not.P!N20 wrote:^ Still wondering if it can actually be ridden.
One of the key things (aside from May of the other 45 engineering obstacles) is the strength of the “cassette” to not bend and the bearings to pop out of the drive during high torque applications.
And whilst I can see that in the larger gears, the friction is low(er), the small cogs, due to the misalignment between the drive bearings and the cassette will be huge.
Dumb idea at best.
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Re: CeramicSpeed DrivEn drivetrain
Postby Thoglette » Thu Jul 12, 2018 3:21 pm
[Mod]Removed mistyped quote[/Mod]
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Re: CeramicSpeed DrivEn drivetrain
Postby Jmuzz » Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:39 pm
Easy enough to move by motor or solenoid, and I think smart electronic shifting would be the only way it could work since it would have to time the shift perfectly to quickly jump between spikes at the right time when there is a gap alignment.bychosis wrote: Missed that bit, I was looking for how it would work and couldn't figure out how it was done considering the bit that needs moving is on a rotating shaft and there appeared to be no cables. Although a linear actuator in the middle of the shaft electrically operated and fed by hidden wires might work (and add drag)
Plus at the price point electronic shifting would be expected anyway.
Put shifting on both front and back to make that rear plate smaller and I think it's better and more combinations, eg 5 X 5 speed.
Probably all fairly pointless because it's only ever going to be about bling.
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