Honda RN-01 Gearbox Generation Explained

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interesting video that has OVER A MILLION VIEWS in 10 days about honda's RN-01 and its gearboxes.

 

 

 

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LookinForIt 2/25/2023 10:20pm
2/25/2023 10:20pm

I swear we are *this* close to enough people realizing that gearboxes (of some kind, like this!) are a good idea...

 

Not that I'm part of the gearbox cult or anything, my bike still has a silly little derailleur but oh man do I want to join the cult

bulletbass man 2/26/2023 7:22am
2/26/2023 7:22am
LookinForIt wrote:
I swear we are *this* close to enough people realizing that gearboxes (of some kind, like this!) are a good idea...   Not that I'm part...

I swear we are *this* close to enough people realizing that gearboxes (of some kind, like this!) are a good idea...

 

Not that I'm part of the gearbox cult or anything, my bike still has a silly little derailleur but oh man do I want to join the cult

I’m not really an advocate for most bikes and definitely see the drawbacks outweighing the pros.  But for downhill I’m really surprised it’s not more popular.  

anotherbikerguy 2/26/2023 7:49am
2/26/2023 7:49am

The explanation of the gen 1 and gen 2 gearboxes was pretty fascinating. I've heard lots about the 'derailleur in a box' but never anything about those earlier prototypes. Pretty cool.

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Big Bird 2/26/2023 9:27am
2/26/2023 9:27am

I saw this too and almost posted it. Thanks Spomer!

I had read an article explaining how the first two worked around the time that the third one came out. And I could never understand why people were pushing the derailleur in a box thing. It seems they were both true.

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Primoz 2/28/2023 9:26am
2/28/2023 9:26am
LookinForIt wrote:
I swear we are *this* close to enough people realizing that gearboxes (of some kind, like this!) are a good idea...   Not that I'm part...

I swear we are *this* close to enough people realizing that gearboxes (of some kind, like this!) are a good idea...

 

Not that I'm part of the gearbox cult or anything, my bike still has a silly little derailleur but oh man do I want to join the cult

12spd drivetrains killed the last chance for gearboxes.

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