Variable-Transmission Bicycle or Hub

they've been available from sbs for some time now

cat0020 said:

Very interesting Wired has a "Variable-Transmission Bicycle" article:

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/gadgetreviews/multimedia/2007/06/summerg...

Here is the Ellsworth site.

http://www.ellsworthride.com

Plugging the name of the transmission into Google:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+%09NuVinci%E2%84%A2+CVP+Drivetr...

Gets this:

http://www.atcnuvinci.com/overview.php

The transmission looks pretty cool.

Other bicycles:

http://www.atcnuvinci.com/where_partners.php

Distributors:

http://www.atcnuvinci.com/where_distributors.php

Only place with a price so far is eBay item 110138363262:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NuVinci-CVP-Model-N170S-Gear-ratio-is-350-Bicycle...

Google search for price:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=++NuVinci%E2%84%A2+CVP+Drivetrai...

One article seems to indicate it is not officially released as an
independent product, but it does say second half of 2007:

http://ohgizmo.com/2007/03/27/continuously-variable-planetary-drive-i...

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/the_ellsworth_r.php

Another link for electric scooter and bicycle drivetrains with a pdf
of some specs:

http://www.atcnuvinci.com/docs/LEV_Datasheet.pdf

nuvinci is avaiable from Batavus
I rode it in an awful dutch bicycle - quite fun but I would appreciate
automatic adaption not hand driven

G.fried

Nate Knutson schrieb:

Quoted message said:

they've been available from sbs for some time now

cat0020 said:

Very interesting Wired has a "Variable-Transmission Bicycle" article:

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/gadgetreviews/multimedia/2007/06/summerg...

Here is the Ellsworth site.

http://www.ellsworthride.com

Plugging the name of the transmission into Google:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+%09NuVinci%E2%84%A2+CVP+Drivetr...

Gets this:

http://www.atcnuvinci.com/overview.php

The transmission looks pretty cool.

Other bicycles:

http://www.atcnuvinci.com/where_partners.php

Distributors:

http://www.atcnuvinci.com/where_distributors.php

Only place with a price so far is eBay item 110138363262:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NuVinci-CVP-Model-N170S-Gear-ratio-is-350-Bicycle...

Google search for price:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=++NuVinci%E2%84%A2+CVP+Drivetrai...

One article seems to indicate it is not officially released as an
independent product, but it does say second half of 2007:

http://ohgizmo.com/2007/03/27/continuously-variable-planetary-drive-i...

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/the_ellsworth_r.php

Another link for electric scooter and bicycle drivetrains with a pdf
of some specs:

http://www.atcnuvinci.com/docs/LEV_Datasheet.pdf