If you've got a bike, there's a good chance it's set up with a derailleur at the rear and a bunch of gears to help you cycle more efficiently. And while that derailleur might be controlled by cables, ...

Every year, the ECE department of Carnigie Mellon University hosts Build18, an engineering festival intended to get students out of the classroom and into the workshop. [Andrew Toth] along with team ...

The days of grinding through your bicycle gears and bumping over potholes may be coming to an end. Japanese bike parts manufacturer Shimano has developed a computer-controlled system for automatically ...

When peak performance is your goal, every second counts. I guess milliseconds count too. Product development consultancy Cambridge Consultants had this in mind when they developed their new automatic ...

In recent years, both Shimano and Campagnolo have introduced electronic gear-shifting systems for bicycles – instead of relying on steel cables, the systems wirelessly transmit signals from the ...

Bafang, a China-based leading manufacturer of electric bike motors, has introduced a new 3-speed automated gear hub designed to make riding electric bikes more convenient on a daily basis. It has a ...

Forget bicycles with gears that you have to change yourself: the first wireless automatic gearbox for a bike does it all for you. The system, unveiled today, uses your smartphone to calculate ...

VanMoof has released a firmware update for its S3 and X3 e-bikes that allows for manual gear shifting. If you’re thinking that sounds like a pretty basic feature for a bicycle, you’d be right. But ...