Is solar tech the future? Classified patent suggests solar-powered groupsets, components and electronic brakes

What will bikes be like in 10 years’ time? It’s a popular question, and it’s hard to see how the best road bikes could be any more advanced than they are now.

The inventors and engineers who can visualise and design tomorrow’s technology may already have an idea of how things will look. A recently published patent by Classified for a ‘Self-powered system for a bicycle’ outlines plans for harnessing the sun’s power to charge bicycle components and even electronically powered brakes.