Justinslow
Lovely jubbly
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- Suffolk
You know what I mean, how does it handle compared to a 2015 TT bike ? Don't be a smarta##e!
Why has no other manufacturer carried the design on?
Olympic Lotus 108
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Why has no other manufacturer carried the design on?
Citius
Guest
Because they were banned, smarta##e.
Justinslow
Lovely jubbly
- Location
- Suffolk
Why?
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Was it not the so called 'superman position' that was banned, rather than the bike?
Justinslow
Lovely jubbly
- Location
- Suffolk
It does seem strange that in most other aspects of life - new designs, materials, ideas have been used to improve what we do and use, the bicycle seems to be the same basic design as its always been, barring the "penny farthing".
The zipp bikes that you sometimes see on eBay, were they banned too?
The zipp bikes that you sometimes see on eBay, were they banned too?
Citius
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The bike was banned. The Obree position was the subject of a separate ban.
AndyRM
XOXO
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- North Shields
Ah, hadn't realised, thanks!
The UCI must be one of the most conservative sporting bodies around, if not the most.
Their motto might as we'll be 'We don't like change...'
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
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- The Red Enclave
Basically, anything that wasn't a classic diamond frame with standard handlebars was banned. They relaxed the rules a bit last year, hence the renewed interest in the Hour record.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
The bans in the early 2000's or whenever it was were really odd. There were two separate sets of rules/restrictions. For TTs they allowed various innovations like (non-superman) aero bars and disk wheels and stuff (but not monocoque frames like this one), so restrictive but not insane. But for the hour record they really went to town winding the clock back requiring almost a 1970s spec bike with non aero spoked wheels and so forth. That was why interest in the hour record died for many years.
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
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- The Red Enclave
It wasn't 'almost' 1970s spec, it was specifically 1972 spec, based on the equipment available to Merckx when he set the record.
The idea was that they wanted the Hour to be a 'pure' athelete's record, not an arms race.
Thanks for all the input guys. The latest on the bikes is a that my friend has been In touch with a guy in Canada (he runs the Olymipic bobsled team) who is interested in looking at them with a view to exhibiting them at cycle events. This would help generate a regular income from them as apposed to a one off sale and parting with her cherished posesions.
My friend runs a charity organisation so the money raised will be used to benifit this.
So you may see the at cycle exhibitions up and down the country in the future
My friend runs a charity organisation so the money raised will be used to benifit this.
So you may see the at cycle exhibitions up and down the country in the future
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uphillstruggler
Guru
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- Half way there
I can understand that, I'm no good at letting go of stuff either.
That would be a fitting course of action with those, the more people who get to see them, the better.
I am a semi professional frame builder (giving diy frame building classes for bamboo and carbon frames). As project for the winter I would love to build a replica of the Lotus 108. For that purpose I would love to do a 3D scan or to get pictures of the frame taken from specific angles. It would be great if somebody could help me get oh contact with an owner of such a bike, preferably in Europe. You can contact me through email: Alex@bambooride.com