Right, so there's a video of it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z9-NFxALXI
It's in german but the pictures give the idea...
I can see how a CVT would be pleasant in practise, on the other hand I have a 24speed DS bike with a 4:1 gearing range and it's fairly rare I actually use so many gears. By comparison, a similar weight/tire fixed gear bike yields me about 15% slower commutes. I don't know that there's really much to be gained going past 5 or so gears, it's more a question of the gearing's range. And then, given something like an 8 speed nexus is considerably cheaper and has about the same range as the nuvinci, but only about half the weight (nuvinci is a whopping 4 kilos), it's plain to see who's gonna be first to crest that hill... Of course this is first gen stuff so it's bound to improve, but I don't see it being advantageous compared to other currently available solutions. Only thing it's got is the novelty aspect. Am I missing something?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z9-NFxALXI
It's in german but the pictures give the idea...
I can see how a CVT would be pleasant in practise, on the other hand I have a 24speed DS bike with a 4:1 gearing range and it's fairly rare I actually use so many gears. By comparison, a similar weight/tire fixed gear bike yields me about 15% slower commutes. I don't know that there's really much to be gained going past 5 or so gears, it's more a question of the gearing's range. And then, given something like an 8 speed nexus is considerably cheaper and has about the same range as the nuvinci, but only about half the weight (nuvinci is a whopping 4 kilos), it's plain to see who's gonna be first to crest that hill... Of course this is first gen stuff so it's bound to improve, but I don't see it being advantageous compared to other currently available solutions. Only thing it's got is the novelty aspect. Am I missing something?