We’ve gone too far, and I didn’t think Canyon would be the ones to do it. I could absolutely never ask for AI in a fucking bike. And a screen on the cockpit means if you get into a crash instead of $400 for a new cockpit or drops it’s $5000
Tvego on
Great, I love being locked into an ecosystem. I hope it has a subscription and AI something.
jjicetray on
(Sigh)
fabonaut on
I love my Canyon, but this looks like AI slop.
OrignalSauce on
They saw a lot of the bad reactions to Cannondales inbuilt lights and thought lets up it.
Or someone high up was annoyed they hadn’t spent enough on the buzzword AI budget and came up with this.
Chill guys. This is a concept to show new/under development tech, like all those weird Mercedes Benz and BMW that never make to market. It is a a way of product companies to highlight their vision of the future and do some design experiment. Probably this bike isn’t even functional.
It is just a flex.
Disastrous-Rice877 on
This also reinforces its cyclists responsibility to avoid crashes with vehicles, and not car drivers
CXR1037 on
I actually like the idea of the built in cameras/radar, assuming it’s not adding a ton of weight ([they claim sub-10kg](https://d21buns5ku92am.cloudfront.net/69671/documents/63048-1781783466-canyon_predict_white-paper-f682f0.pdf)) and there’s a unified charging system, though I’m concerned about the screen in the handlebars. If I’m riding through the city or next to a freeway, will the thing be screaming at me because of all the nearby traffic?
>It predicts future trajectories of both the rider and nearby objects, before assigning risk scores, and communicating them through intuitive feedback including directional lights, haptics, and display guidance.
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>On-board, digital data displays or visual cues include critical warnings about your bike and its surroundings, such as prediction, distance, terrain and group-ride assistance, as well as the potential for community or “swarm” intelligence when multiple users are riding together.
Seems like it could be very distracting unless there are specific actions, like “3 quick beeps means you’re about to get hit,” but then it could be even more confusing if you have to remember various sequences or know where to look to identify different threats (left side impact, right rear impact, etc). Also, it seems they have flashing lights on the hoods, so is there another alert available if you’re riding in the aero hoods position?
The dropper post is also kind of neat but I hope it’s not powered by AI — I’d hate for the computer to hallucinate and drop it randomly.
Inevitable-Chart-462 on
Okay I’ll send back my newly bought aeroad
According_Artist42 on
So glad I didn’t buy the Aeroad now. Cant wait for the new one to ch come out. Looks sick.
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We’ve gone too far, and I didn’t think Canyon would be the ones to do it. I could absolutely never ask for AI in a fucking bike. And a screen on the cockpit means if you get into a crash instead of $400 for a new cockpit or drops it’s $5000
Great, I love being locked into an ecosystem. I hope it has a subscription and AI something.
(Sigh)
I love my Canyon, but this looks like AI slop.
They saw a lot of the bad reactions to Cannondales inbuilt lights and thought lets up it.
Or someone high up was annoyed they hadn’t spent enough on the buzzword AI budget and came up with this.
Their media release:
https://media-centre.canyon.com/en-INT/266864-futuristic-prototype-canyon-predict-bike-makes-debut-at-eurobike-to-define-the-future-of-rider-safety/
Chill guys. This is a concept to show new/under development tech, like all those weird Mercedes Benz and BMW that never make to market. It is a a way of product companies to highlight their vision of the future and do some design experiment. Probably this bike isn’t even functional.
It is just a flex.
This also reinforces its cyclists responsibility to avoid crashes with vehicles, and not car drivers
I actually like the idea of the built in cameras/radar, assuming it’s not adding a ton of weight ([they claim sub-10kg](https://d21buns5ku92am.cloudfront.net/69671/documents/63048-1781783466-canyon_predict_white-paper-f682f0.pdf)) and there’s a unified charging system, though I’m concerned about the screen in the handlebars. If I’m riding through the city or next to a freeway, will the thing be screaming at me because of all the nearby traffic?
From their [press release](https://media-centre.canyon.com/en-INT/266864-futuristic-prototype-canyon-predict-bike-makes-debut-at-eurobike-to-define-the-future-of-rider-safety/):
>It predicts future trajectories of both the rider and nearby objects, before assigning risk scores, and communicating them through intuitive feedback including directional lights, haptics, and display guidance.
[]()
>On-board, digital data displays or visual cues include critical warnings about your bike and its surroundings, such as prediction, distance, terrain and group-ride assistance, as well as the potential for community or “swarm” intelligence when multiple users are riding together.
Seems like it could be very distracting unless there are specific actions, like “3 quick beeps means you’re about to get hit,” but then it could be even more confusing if you have to remember various sequences or know where to look to identify different threats (left side impact, right rear impact, etc). Also, it seems they have flashing lights on the hoods, so is there another alert available if you’re riding in the aero hoods position?
The dropper post is also kind of neat but I hope it’s not powered by AI — I’d hate for the computer to hallucinate and drop it randomly.
Okay I’ll send back my newly bought aeroad
So glad I didn’t buy the Aeroad now. Cant wait for the new one to ch come out. Looks sick.
“Powered by AI”
*(closes article)*