I do like the out-out-the-box thinking. Especially the shrouded chain ring, if that is actually legal...

But a white paper with no wind-tunnel results? Did they really only do tiny-scale testing??

And this:

"THE INTRODUCTION OF ROAD BIKE DISC BRAKES SIGNALED ANOTHER TANTALIZING POSSIBILITY FOR ANDEAN. Disc brakes outperform rim brakes and their calipers are more easily hidden from the wind. And given the wheels-first design process of Andean, rim brakes just aren’t in the cards: the future of wheel technology will undoubtedly feature discs."

Makes me wonder how much of this is a team making a serious bike for serious athletes or is it like the shiny new optimus prime transformer I wanted as a kid - looks super-technical and science-y and bad-ass but really is just a futuristic looking toy.

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Ed O'Malley
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Founder of VeloVetta Cycling Shoes
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