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Re:Flat Pack Chainless Bicycle from IKEA by crispyambulance on Sunday January 15, 2017 @12:42PM (#13405172)
I believe it is this one (or an OEM variant): https://www.sram.com/sram/urban/products/automatix

I think its gimmicky.

If you're going to bother with internal hub gearing, you might as well make it manual-- its even easier than shifting a derailleur and you don't need to be moving. Its not like automatic 2-speed shifting is solving a real problem.

Re:Flat Pack Chainless Bicycle from IKEA by Illotus on Sunday January 15, 2017 @01:09PM (#13405368)
Well it is pretty handy to have the uphill gear and standard gear on a town bike.