It's only $32,000 - fixie with belt drive, parallel frame @ 17+ pounds WOW
10-05-12, 01:07 PM
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It's only $32,000 - fixie with belt drive, parallel frame @ 17+ pounds WOW
Save your lunch money!
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10-05-12, 01:30 PM
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17 lbs?
10-05-12, 01:36 PM
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But it's built in "clean room conditions!" They've obviously never seen the back of most bike shops. (Where these owners will undoubtedly take their bikes for service after the first flat tire.)
10-05-12, 01:42 PM
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Interesting design on the rear dropouts and belt tensioning system.
10-05-12, 01:50 PM
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I would not pay 3200 for that bike. Although Im sure someone out there is lining up for this thing.
10-05-12, 06:09 PM
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What am I missing? There isn't one revolutionary thing on that bike. CF frame...very common. Belt drive...been done. Space age looks...whatever. 17lbs? My $1600 bike weighs a full pound less.
10-07-12, 11:55 PM
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10-08-12, 12:28 PM
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That bend in the top tube does not inspire confidence.
10-08-12, 12:52 PM
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10-08-12, 01:01 PM
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Speaking of the Oltre, I just virtually built up an Oltre with SRAM red and Mavic clinchers (!) and it still came out under 16 lbs and $9K. (www.competitivecyclist.com)
10-08-12, 01:07 PM
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Why is it when a bike that's truly stupid expensive comes out, it's always a fixie? In any case, this CF beauty is downright cheap compared to this beauty that costs $100K stock...
10-08-12, 01:09 PM
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What stuck me was how so much of that bike was unique and unlike most anything that I have seen on other bikes, with the exception of the seat post!
10-08-12, 01:16 PM
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You can get an off the shelf CX bike (!) for under 17 lbs. https://www.bikerumor.com/2012/07/20/...ctual-weights/
10-08-12, 02:03 PM
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Wow that bike is seriously high tech.
Looky here:
https://www.gizmag.com/coren-carbon-f...02/pictures#29
"UBC builds the frame in clean room conditions."
Ignore the exposed hairy arms. They're using ultra-modern melamine coated fiberboard to support the plastic assembly jig. These guys are the real deal.
Looky here:
https://www.gizmag.com/coren-carbon-f...02/pictures#29
"UBC builds the frame in clean room conditions."
Ignore the exposed hairy arms. They're using ultra-modern melamine coated fiberboard to support the plastic assembly jig. These guys are the real deal.
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10-08-12, 02:42 PM
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i think the extra 30000 dollars of profit goes to rent on the designers office.
and who the hell cares if it was built in a clean room. its not going to stay in a clean room for long.
and who the hell cares if it was built in a clean room. its not going to stay in a clean room for long.
