Interesting Carbon technology
Interesting Carbon technology
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Raven Flyer

Original Poster:

1,645 posts

254 months

Monday 4th April 2011
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http://www.delta7bikes.com/ascend-road-bike.htm

This is totally against the current trend for aero frames but makes an interesting bike.




itsnotarace

4,685 posts

239 months

Tuesday 5th April 2011
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Remember seeing that one some time ago, interesting idea but damn it's fugly

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/worlds-first...



Gooby

9,269 posts

264 months

Tuesday 5th April 2011
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I had a small go on this,


Light and very nimble but not great to ride, it was too stiff and all vibration was passed on to rider. Over a long distance it is apparently "tiring".

louiebaby

10,957 posts

221 months

Tuesday 5th April 2011
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It would be a very nice thing to have on the wall of my man-cave as a talking point. (At $6,000 a frame, it's not really in the running yet.) It'd be a bugger to clean after a ride though.

V8s ONLY

266 posts

228 months

Tuesday 5th April 2011
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Bet it's a bugger to clean.

G0ldfysh

3,318 posts

287 months

Tuesday 5th April 2011
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Would get very heavy after a good mud ride as well...

ratbane

1,395 posts

246 months

Wednesday 6th April 2011
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Wouldn't fancy the top tube "cheese grater" effect of a rapid stop!!!! :-O

option click

1,178 posts

256 months

Wednesday 6th April 2011
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Gooby said:
... it was too stiff and all vibration was passed on to rider.
That's interesting - my initial thought was that both these bikes would have been extremely flexy.