The Hottest New Bike Tech From The Taipei Cycle Show 2019

Ollie is out at the Taipei Cycle Show and spotted some of the coolest new road bike tech, from budget wireless gear shifting to anti-lock rim brakes.

In association with the Taipei Cycle Show.

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What is your favourite new tech from the Taipei Cycle Show? Let us know in the comments below 👇

[UnliAhon]

Thats me on the back at 4:15. Mom I’ on TV! 😂 Thanks for the photo Ollie. Cool to meet you in person. 😁

[DJWolves]

Okay that ABS was actually really cool!

[WowRixter]

The company with the antilock rim brakes is also working on an auto dispensing correction fluid for electric typewriters

[bencampbell]

Dropper posts rule. Added one to my mountain hardtail and it was like a new bike. I liked it so much I put one on my gravel/touring bike over the winter. We've got some pretty gnarly gravel roads in the forest around here I can't wait to try it out.

[RyonBeachner]

I have a dropper on my gravel bike and it’s made a world of difference in my confidence off road: It’s also completely hilarious on a fast descent in a group when you drop it and people freak out because they think your seatpost binder failed. I don’t think we’ll see them on road bikes until they build one into an aero shaped post as the manufacturers have spent tons of time and money developing these shapes and making them as thin as possible, with some unable to even house a DI2 battery.

[aaronrobertson]

Best part of the Taipei Cycle Show is Ollie's horrible puns. Keep them coming!

[stuartmcgill]

Ollie is 'Mr. Enthusiasm' ;-)) Really great to watch and listen to. Very knowledgeable too! Thanks Ollie!

[beeble]

1:50 Hashtag on a wheel just looks cheap. Sorry.

[davidperkins]

A lot of solutions for problems that don't exist!

[maddoc]

I miss an affordable and reliable powermeter.

[markwatson]

Great show Olly Dan did a video about fitting a dropper to a road bike and was sold on the idea. The only thing holding it back for roadies is the aero seat post. As soon as a manufacturer comes up with one, we will see them on road bikes. That said there are, like bottom brackets a lot of different standards out there which would make it much harder for an after market manufacturer to cover. My money would be on Trek to be the first one to provide a dropper as an option. Loving your work 👍🏾.

[Friction]

Dropper post for the win. I'd love one on my road bike if there was a more specific one. It's brilliant on my MTB.

[davepratt]

Finally, somebody out geeks John. Good job!

[Liam_ridesbikes]

Aside from the issues with fulfilling orders, the whole benefit of electronic shifting is eliminating cables that eventually stretch and start sticking which causes inaccurate shifting. Adding electronic shifting to cable derailleurs is like trying to power your sailboat with a fan.

[tobiaskwast]

The #overachive wheels/brand are a in-housebrand from Giant them selves. Team Sunweb had them last year... Why does no one know this????

[guyd]

ABS for rim brakes. That's the future.

[bonus]

Man I want to try those wheels with shoe laces!

[alisterbeveridge]

Those SABS ABS brakes came out many years ago then vanished. Seemed to recall they worked by oscillation of the module that sits in front of the caliper.

[ReveloLIFEbike]

We're also featuring SABS on our upcoming 700c folding bike. Great report from Taipei...informative and entertaining as always! Cheers.