Ai_1 wrote:
Here's the thing. I wasn't entirely kidding in my previous post. To a huge extent, what you find attractive or not is dictated by what is perceived to be functionally desirable and socially acceptable. Some are far more conservative than others and will balk at anything that doesn't closely resemble what they're already familiar with. You may have liked a 20 year old "weird" bike, but do you like any current ones? On the other hand, everyone's entitled to their taste. There's no right and wrong.
SteveMc wrote:
....I agree with the other poster that
with a more conventional fork this bike would look better (and possibly be way more practical).
Surely the intention of eliminating the conventional fork legs and replacing them with the "fender" and horizontal wheel beams is to reduce drag? I hardly think they did it because they were unaware it would look strange!
The enemy of innovation, especially in engineering, is fashion.
No I get your point, and we're all human after all. It's not as if we don't have a catalog of fashion "faux pas" photos that we wish no one would know about. I like many of the new non diamond shape frames, I've been long hoping for their re-emergence . The old Hotta was my favourite. However we know so much more about frame aerodynamics that their added value is way less than the mid 90s, when they were up against round tubes.
I really like the basic frame of this Ceepo and it seems to be doing what the Andean is with regards to making disc brakes competitive, which is your point exactly.
The reason for the C4 was precisely because I know my next proper TT bike will need to have disc brakes, that's the way the world is going, and I need to start saving up for the whole shebang and not just a few bits and pieces.
However the fender looks like a nightmare for traveling but I suspect there is way more to it then the photo shows.