An event that rivals the advent of disc brakes.

Outside Magazine has produced a list of new products found at the Interbike show this year which, they promise, will comprise the FUTURE of cycling.  It was not even an interesting list of products and better represent the past than the future.

There is the Cento10 Air road bike.  Remarkable for having clearance for tires up to 32 mm wide, it is revolutionary to anyone who has been cycling less than 10 years.  It does have some sort of elastomer crap in the seat tube that is supposed to enhance "vertical compliance" by a few millimeters, whatever that means.

Smith Sunglasses now use magnets to attach to the interchangeable lenses. (WTF!!!)

Pivot Mach 5.5 will only be offered in one lot of 300 bikes and
 are unremarkable except for the paint job.

The 3T Strada will be revolutionary in offering a 1x11 drivetrain 

and clearance for wider tires, like all the new bikes.

The Focus Project Y will eliminate any pretense and include electric assist and battery pack built into the downtube.  No more game playing, mechanical doping is available right off the showroom floor.

The rest of the revolutionary 11 products comprising the "future of cycling" are;

Oakley has a new helmet,

Ortlieb makes a backpack,

Burley makes a trailer,

Thule "invented" a hydration pack,

there is a more expensive inner tube for the "tubeless" tires,

and a bike rack for your car, after all 

riding back to your car is the future of cycling.

I haven't been so excited since disc brakes were introduced.