Tag: carbon
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Specialized McLaren Venge
What can I say about the new Specialized S-Works + McLaren Venge that has not already been said? If you opened your web browser at all yesterday, it was hard to miss at least one mention of this new road bike, which Specialized developed in collaboration with the McLaren Group. In the five years since…
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Mr. Freehand’s homebuilt carbon bikes
I have posted homemade carbon fiber bikes before and I always find it very interesting to see composite bicycles that people design and produce in their garages and living rooms. Svetlyo Kostov (aka Mr. Freehand) first learned about carbon fiber construction at a young age building racecars, motorcycles, and airplanes. Recently, he decided use the…
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A 6-pound road bike
I have posted some pretty light bikes in the past. In 2006, this 7-pound Crumpton fixie seemed unbelievably light to me. A couple years later, German cyclist Gunter Mai built a geared road bike that was roughly the same weight (3195 grams). Gunter didn’t just built that bike for show either… he claimed to ride…
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Eric’s Lunatrike
Eric Whiting is an architect in Saratoga Springs, NY who designed and built this recumbent trike. I am certainly no expert on recumbents, but the trike looks nice and features a pretty slick carbon fiber seat/ fender. In addition to the renderings and prototype photos, Eric sent me a 19-page pdf document that included his…