I was just discussing this issue with a friend, and thought of involving the e-engineering community here to have a broader view of it.
Now that Eurobike and Interbike have passed with more shame than glory, we started thinking about the Taipei show earlier this year, and how many real innovations from the ones featured in EB and IB came from the western and eastern companies. Think for example of those Chosen frictionless hubs or the amorphous titanium welding process some small company from Taiwan presented at IB.
I reckon a trip down the Taipei Cycle Show will certainly bring you almost 97% bulls*it and cheap copies of the consolidated western products, but after seeing Thomson market a set of 2005 Truvativ Stylo cranks as a revolution for the singlespeeders out there, I wonder if all those crazy, wacky, stupid ideas you can find at the Far East are a better incubator for out-of-the-box thinking and genuine invention. If I take a broad look both at IB and EB all I can see is everybody is trying to make all things 650b, even 29ers (because ENDURAH(TM) off course!)
An Argentinian cent for your thoughts, gentlemen!
Now that Eurobike and Interbike have passed with more shame than glory, we started thinking about the Taipei show earlier this year, and how many real innovations from the ones featured in EB and IB came from the western and eastern companies. Think for example of those Chosen frictionless hubs or the amorphous titanium welding process some small company from Taiwan presented at IB.
I reckon a trip down the Taipei Cycle Show will certainly bring you almost 97% bulls*it and cheap copies of the consolidated western products, but after seeing Thomson market a set of 2005 Truvativ Stylo cranks as a revolution for the singlespeeders out there, I wonder if all those crazy, wacky, stupid ideas you can find at the Far East are a better incubator for out-of-the-box thinking and genuine invention. If I take a broad look both at IB and EB all I can see is everybody is trying to make all things 650b, even 29ers (because ENDURAH(TM) off course!)
An Argentinian cent for your thoughts, gentlemen!
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