Dan ends his most recent article with this:
"QR now joins Guru as the only company using all big three frame materials: titanium, carbon and aluminum. This, due to the introduction of the all-carbon Lucero. At first I was skeptical. What is a titanium company doing making a carbon bike? But then, the Merlin brand has been carbonated to an increasing degree over the past 4 or 5 years. And, the Lucero seems to have been a remarkably well-executed first try at a monocoque."
gerard states this in his cyclingnews interview;
"On the other hand, most of the composite frames, so far, have come from just a couple of factories. They throw in a little difference in a couple of the tubes to make it look different, but beyond that it's the same structure. You'd think that everyone would try to differentiate themselves, but they don't. Two years ago you could say 'this is carbon, it's something new'. But now there are a lot of carbon bikes on the market, it's like the companies are using it as 'black aluminium'," he said.
Does merlin's work with carbon carry over to martecs factory? (of course, this bring up the question of where merlins carbon comes from) Would the Lucero be one of the frames Gerard is refering too?
"QR now joins Guru as the only company using all big three frame materials: titanium, carbon and aluminum. This, due to the introduction of the all-carbon Lucero. At first I was skeptical. What is a titanium company doing making a carbon bike? But then, the Merlin brand has been carbonated to an increasing degree over the past 4 or 5 years. And, the Lucero seems to have been a remarkably well-executed first try at a monocoque."
gerard states this in his cyclingnews interview;
"On the other hand, most of the composite frames, so far, have come from just a couple of factories. They throw in a little difference in a couple of the tubes to make it look different, but beyond that it's the same structure. You'd think that everyone would try to differentiate themselves, but they don't. Two years ago you could say 'this is carbon, it's something new'. But now there are a lot of carbon bikes on the market, it's like the companies are using it as 'black aluminium'," he said.
Does merlin's work with carbon carry over to martecs factory? (of course, this bring up the question of where merlins carbon comes from) Would the Lucero be one of the frames Gerard is refering too?