World's Lightest Bike?
09-29-10, 08:37 AM
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It sounds fun. My son said he saw a Bugatti Veyron the other day. The world's fastest production car. "Bugatti" the original company doesn't exist. The name was auctioned off long ago. The Veyron is actually a Volkswagen. But at 267 mph, it's waay faster than a Beetle, Jetta, or even a Volkswagen (Lamborghini) Diablo.
The fact that fairwheels has come up with a one-off world's lightest bike is cool. But pro racers can't use it, because UCI won't allow it. Amateurs that can use it, who aren't that fast, because if they get really fast, they'll want to do UCI events, and realize, "Oh s**t I'm going to be weighted down majorly. If UCI dissolved weight restrictions, then the fairwheels bike would be nice, but Specialized, Cervelo and others would jump into the race, and probably win. Cervelo is owned by aerospace engineers. They could bury fairwheels.
But in a totally open-competition, bents would win in flat tts. A $45,000 fairwheels is probably a bike-collector/bike-museum piece.
Has anybody even measured their durability?
The fact that fairwheels has come up with a one-off world's lightest bike is cool. But pro racers can't use it, because UCI won't allow it. Amateurs that can use it, who aren't that fast, because if they get really fast, they'll want to do UCI events, and realize, "Oh s**t I'm going to be weighted down majorly. If UCI dissolved weight restrictions, then the fairwheels bike would be nice, but Specialized, Cervelo and others would jump into the race, and probably win. Cervelo is owned by aerospace engineers. They could bury fairwheels.
But in a totally open-competition, bents would win in flat tts. A $45,000 fairwheels is probably a bike-collector/bike-museum piece.
Has anybody even measured their durability?
09-29-10, 09:28 AM
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It sounds fun. My son said he saw a Bugatti Veyron the other day. The world's fastest production car. "Bugatti" the original company doesn't exist. The name was auctioned off long ago. The Veyron is actually a Volkswagen. But at 267 mph, it's waay faster than a Beetle, Jetta, or even a Volkswagen (Lamborghini) Diablo.
The fact that fairwheels has come up with a one-off world's lightest bike is cool. But pro racers can't use it, because UCI won't allow it. Amateurs that can use it, who aren't that fast, because if they get really fast, they'll want to do UCI events, and realize, "Oh s**t I'm going to be weighted down majorly. If UCI dissolved weight restrictions, then the fairwheels bike would be nice, but Specialized, Cervelo and others would jump into the race, and probably win. Cervelo is owned by aerospace engineers. They could bury fairwheels.
But in a totally open-competition, bents would win in flat tts. A $45,000 fairwheels is probably a bike-collector/bike-museum piece.
Has anybody even measured their durability?
The fact that fairwheels has come up with a one-off world's lightest bike is cool. But pro racers can't use it, because UCI won't allow it. Amateurs that can use it, who aren't that fast, because if they get really fast, they'll want to do UCI events, and realize, "Oh s**t I'm going to be weighted down majorly. If UCI dissolved weight restrictions, then the fairwheels bike would be nice, but Specialized, Cervelo and others would jump into the race, and probably win. Cervelo is owned by aerospace engineers. They could bury fairwheels.
But in a totally open-competition, bents would win in flat tts. A $45,000 fairwheels is probably a bike-collector/bike-museum piece.
Has anybody even measured their durability?
whats your point? people buy veyrons and never take it past the speed limit, people buy 15,000 dollar bicycles to ride to the coffee shop. Someone will want a 45,000 bicycle just because it's interesting, different, or to show off. It's not all about racing or performance.
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Not by a long shot!
Crumpton Cycles, out of Texas, was showing off a 7.2lbs complete bike at NAHBS back in 2007 San Jose. Carbon rims, carbon saddle!, carbon chainrings with (I think) titanium teeth. Nick described it as a "climber", i.e. not something you expected to spend a lot of time on the saddle.
Crumpton Cycles, out of Texas, was showing off a 7.2lbs complete bike at NAHBS back in 2007 San Jose. Carbon rims, carbon saddle!, carbon chainrings with (I think) titanium teeth. Nick described it as a "climber", i.e. not something you expected to spend a lot of time on the saddle.
07-02-22, 06:41 PM
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Not by a long shot!
Crumpton Cycles, out of Texas, was showing off a 7.2lbs complete bike at NAHBS back in 2007 San Jose. Carbon rims, carbon saddle!, carbon chainrings with (I think) titanium teeth. Nick described it as a "climber", i.e. not something you expected to spend a lot of time on the saddle.
Crumpton Cycles, out of Texas, was showing off a 7.2lbs complete bike at NAHBS back in 2007 San Jose. Carbon rims, carbon saddle!, carbon chainrings with (I think) titanium teeth. Nick described it as a "climber", i.e. not something you expected to spend a lot of time on the saddle.
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Not by a long shot!
Crumpton Cycles, out of Texas, was showing off a 7.2lbs complete bike at NAHBS back in 2007 San Jose. Carbon rims, carbon saddle!, carbon chainrings with (I think) titanium teeth. Nick described it as a "climber", i.e. not something you expected to spend a lot of time on the saddle.
Crumpton Cycles, out of Texas, was showing off a 7.2lbs complete bike at NAHBS back in 2007 San Jose. Carbon rims, carbon saddle!, carbon chainrings with (I think) titanium teeth. Nick described it as a "climber", i.e. not something you expected to spend a lot of time on the saddle.
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