Our objective is to launch a new type of bicycle gearbox
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New type of bicycle (front) gearbox:
- Mounted in a bicycle bottom bracket shell
- Light and compact – much less than 1 kg weight and 20 mm width
- Changes gears while stationary and while pedaling - quickly and smoothly
- Easy reduction to lowest gear at halt – like changing to 1st gear in a car
- Equivalent of 24T/33T/45T front derailleur
There are some front gearboxes (mounted in a bicycle bottom bracket shell or beside it) available on the market. The problem is they are very expensive (few hundred dollars) and some of them are very heavy and complicated. That is why they cannot leave their market niches.
efneo is designed to be a
mass market product of premium quality – with three gears.
The idea is to launch a product that
may replace the front derailleur in most cases. It is light and changes gears quickly both while stationary and while pedaling. We assume it will be adopted in trekking bikes and city bikes firts of all.
Why front gearbox and not derailleur? The first reason is that changing gear on a front derailleur is usually awkward and not-so-quick unless you have a top quality, expensive model. The other reason is esthetic - mainly for city bikes - derailleur simply doesn't look good mounted to the city bike. The third reason is a chain - with front and rear derailleurs it skews, particularly on extreme chainrings. Whoever rode a bike knows what I mean.
So what's the trick? The trick is in the internal construction. A well-known idea of planetary gearbox is enhanced in a very clever way. It matured within all these two long years that we have been working on the project.
See the bullet
list of advantages of efneo.
Watch the video
history of our invention – how it evolved from a big awkward one to smooth and light efneo.
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