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Re: New CVT technology

i think it could be scaled to fit in a bike fairly easily, but it seems that it would still be more complicated than normal bike shifting.
Also, if it breaks, it looks like it would be a lot harder to fix than bike sprockets.
One benefit i see is that it would probably take up less space, though, because it is planetary, might be difficult to fit on bike, because the lined up sprockets fit so well on a bike, and this cvt would be signifacantly wider.
Very cool, i wouldnt be suprised if it becomes popular in all sorts of applications.