by the way the latest status on the new planet x frame , that was going to be a non UCI but then became a UCI frame and was going to be ready around April - is that weve doing a 180 degree u-turn in terms of both material and manufacture and plans and are very probably going to go off in our own little direction , well away from the competition in a market that is getting very saturated .

Given the absolutely fabulous and staggeringly good carbon designs that are now coming to the market at a frightening rate , the likes of Orbea , Felt , cervelo , Kuota , Argon 18 , Jamis , plus of course a good half dozen or so off the peg chinese frames , and a very competitive marketplace were considering what factors gives us , as a brand , a key point of difference over what is essentially now any one of 20 very fast carbon TT frames being knocked out of chinese molds .

We have 2 strong options -

We currently have a unique and very fabulous collaboration with the Lynskey clan that gives us the possibility to develop a cutting edge titanium TT bike , that can be custom made , and developped , prototyped tested and developped in a short time .

First rider on this bike will be Ben Instone , hes currently still working on his geometry , being 6 foot 7 and hugely powerful hes always had great difficulty getting something right for him , Ben will be the key rider testing and helping develop this frame .

Once Bens had a play , well be getting a version made for Julie Dibens and if the pros like them well go to production - theres still a big possibility we wont ever go to production .

We also have the option of working with Friedrich at Xentis who wants to develop a bike with us , non UCI , however with the pound and dollar well and truly collapsing against the euro this is starting to look very expensive and with a likely cost price around 6 times a chinese made frame we might well struggle to sell them .