In my opinion, the most amazing (though not necessarily the most useful) Interbike invention that I saw was the 'bicycle treadmill': a huge, incredibly engineered treadmill about 3? bike lengths long with a wide industrial belt about 3-4' wide with small white dash marks (as on a road). The whole monster could incline to give up to a 16% grade and the speed was rider controlled--no controls to fiddle with: you speed up, the tread speeds up; you slow down, the tread slows down. The rider could manually select the incline or a computer (with an LCD moving map display) could give the rider a preprogrammed course with hills or long climbs (but I don't think it could simulate descents). The thing had numerous safety auto shut-offs using trip wires and light beams. The treadmill was amazing and the inventor had some racers hammering hard on the thing for hours. Soon you will be able to get your very own for just $ 35,000(!). Call it the 'endless pool' of the bicycle world?
Where would you want to swim ?
Where would you want to swim ?