Comments on: Cannondale Stealth

By: The Stealth, e2, and the mess in Detroit | Bicycle Design

The Stealth, e2, and the mess in Detroit | Bicycle Design — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:16:47 +0000

[...] couple of months ago, I posted about the Cannondale Stealth concept bike, which was displayed at Eurobike in September. Today, I noticed a Bike Hugger post that pointed to [...]

By: James

James — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:45:00 +0000

Luke, I have done a few post that mentioned belt drive systems, most notably the Gates carbon belt system that Spot brand debuted at Interbike last year (and yeah, on a ss mtb). More recently I mentioned briefly a couple of the belt drive Treks that were shown at Trek World this year on commuter oriented bikes. I also mentioned the things I liked about the belt on the Strida 5.0 that I tested.

But I think you are right- a new post about other belt drive systems may be a good idea.

By: Luke Munn

Luke Munn — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:59:00 +0000

was actually really interested in your offhand mention of the five star by fixie inc. it’s almost impossible to find info on this online, apart from a few photos on flickr. it looks amazing, and as a bike design blog, i’m kinda surprised you haven’t done any major posts (that i could find) on belt drive systems, their positives and negatives. i know they’ve apparently been around for a while, but the new incarnations are being hailed as something of a revolution in bike design, is that just hype? finding an in depth review of any belt drive bike has proven difficult, and i’d love to see one reviewed from a commuter perspective, not the single speed mountain biking slant they usually seem to attract.

By: Fail

Fail — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:18:00 +0000

F-

I think the OCC inspired Choppers you can find at Wallmart are more innovative then this “designer” monstrosity. I’m sorry Crack’n-Fail, throwing Deep V’s, and an integrated dork fork is not design it is styling –and even at that whats revolutionary? We’ve seen this exact bike almost since the Alex Pong concepts waaaaay back. This is disappointing to say the least when compared to the actually innovative Jackknife concept that appeared last year. Please start designing again.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:03:00 +0000

I like it when a bike looks like it is made from only a dozen parts. Some people fear the integration of parts, but I enjoy seeing the freedom it opens up to designers.

By: jimmythefly

jimmythefly — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:36:00 +0000

It could be aluminum, out of either hydroformed tubing, or could be made of two stamped halves, then welded up with a welded seam right down the middle. With Cannondale's smooth welds it could look pretty close to teh concept, I bet. Of course it could be carbon or fibreglass or some other plastic or FRP, too.

One of the strongest areas is the head tube/stem, but this is where I fear the translation from concept to production would be tricky. To keep that flowing look means either you get no options for stem length/angle, or it means Cannondale making a bunch of different stems that will keep the look, or it means compromising on the look and just going with a conventional stem.

They could make some very nice fenders and clip-on bags (or hardshell boxes) and bottle cages that would keep this look -it could be really sweet.

By: bikesgonewild

bikesgonewild — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:33:00 +0000

…interesting post in light of my ol' friend david turner's recent comments regarding styling…

…personally, i like the look of the stealth…even in flat gray, it's quite beautiful…

…i know it's just a styling "exercise" but would it be practical to manufacture or would they have to take the "coolness factor" out, to bring it to the public ???…that's a leading question…

…i do wonder what price point they would have to aim for w/ a molded frameset…& would they have a market for it w/in those parameters…i suppose it would fall into that non-extreme-roady roadbike category w/ the flat bar…

…i like it & i'd ride it…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:22:00 +0000

Cannondale Stealth has family styling with the current crop of Cadillacs, not that thats bad, I happen to like most of the new CTS as its different.

The problem here is while the edges can be worked around, besides styling it is hard to justify some of those shapes.

For those who don't remember or are too young, GM Design used to be called General Motors Styling, and they were proud, even had die cast nameplates made for the Stylists vehicles. The 1960's when Styling was a good word.

By: jimmythefly

jimmythefly — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:56:00 +0000

Pretty interesting. I wonder why they didn’t do an integrated seat mast?

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:43:00 +0000

2 words: Build it!