Novelty value?

[Steve Austin]

Moultons are just wrong.

The orbea looks good, i'm thinking its seriously overbraked though

 

[Tynan]

non straight top tubes always look horrid to me

'A perfect bike for the road when comfort is important'

eh?

and 10kg ain't light is it?

 

[girofan]

If discs ever did become the norm on road bikes you could bet that designers would soon have the weight tumbling off anyway.

How true! Manufacturers follow the money and would soon have super-lightweight calipers made especially for road machines.
Look how low-pro bars are now derigeur for time trials and they obviously weigh more than standard drops.

 

[bonj2]

Many bikes now have to have weight added to make the minimum UCI limit, so it wouldn't really be a problem. If discs ever did become the norm on road bikes you could bet that designers would soon have the weight tumbling off anyway.

I don't know what the point of having a "minimum weight limit" is.

 

[papercorn2000]

Could do with clearance for cross tyres!

 

[Jacomus-rides-Gen]

Where did my post go?

 

[bonj2]

ah, you're not the only one to have 'lost' a post then... i've lost at least one...think the software's gone a bit screwy of late.
also check out this extremely dodgy thread... (esp. vs. how it appears in the 'commuting' section)