No idea of provenance but could this really be the new super-Ceepo of Andy Potts?
From BikeRadar: http://road.cc/...de-suisse-crash-more
SteveMc
I’m surprised that fenders haven’t made their way into cycling until now. Looks like a nice way to package it.
Just thinking a bit further, how would you get one of those into a bike box?
Holy moly.
I did a reverse image search on Google, and it came up with “best guess: bicycle”.
I like it though. It’s badass in it’s dont-give-a-fuck-ery.
I’m surprised that fenders haven’t made their way into cycling until now. Looks like a nice way to package it.
That’s the front fork…
It looks like you need to rotate the handlebars to get the front wheel off?..
Either way, would love to see some aero data/comparison. I like the creativity (and possible innovation) of it.
It looks like you need to rotate the handlebars to get the front wheel off?..
Either way, would love to see some aero data/comparison. I like the creativity (and possible innovation) of it.
Assuming this is genuine then I don’t think getting the front wheel off would be a problem, standard through axel. But the front brake cable will go through the fender so I cannot see how to detach it from the rest of the frame in order to pack it into a box.
In terms of aerodynamics it seems to be taking the Andean idea further in terms of making the lower part of the bike, starting from the front wheel, a tear drop shape.
No idea of provenance but could this really be the new super-Ceepo of Andy Potts?
From BikeRadar: http://road.cc/...de-suisse-crash-more
SteveMc
I’d think that fork/fender would weigh a lot more than a traditional fork. Would there be that much aero savings by making it this way? I’d think there could be a chance the wheel/tire could ‘bottom out’ based on the design and how tight that tire looks to the top of the fork.
I think it would look a lot cooler without the elaborate fork.
Unconventional? Yes
Ugly? Nah - You’ve just got a conservative aesthetic prejudice setting.
That is as ugly as my ex girlfriends personality…but I’ll bet the ride is world class 
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Unconventional? Yes
Ugly? Nah - You’ve just got a conservative aesthetic prejudice setting.
Good try, I got a twenty year old C4 carbon crono frame off eBay that I’m riding this year for the hell of it. I like weird, I just don’t quite get the fender thing. The title of this thread is from the road.cc article which I though was worth plagiarising.
I agree with the other poster that with a more conventional fork this bike would look better (and possibly be way more practical).
That is as ugly as my ex girlfriends personality…but I’ll bet the ride is world class
If it makes you feel any better, Andy Potts will be banging out the miles on her in his pain cave…
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I’m curious about the stress points on that front fork design from an engineering perspective (I’m no engineer).
Is horizontal more structurally strong? What is the movement of the wheel when it hits a good bump or squirrley bit in the road?
That is as ugly as my ex girlfriends personality…but I’ll bet the ride is world class
If it makes you feel any better, Andy Potts will be banging out the miles on her in his pain cave…
Everyone loves a good hammering in their pain cave
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If its fast, its pretty
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Well, props to them for trying something new. Cool if it works.
It’s fugly to me, but I also don’t like the Dimond, Ventum or the new Cervelo.
Ya those bikes are horribly ugly. They also just look heavy. People like gradual change, not radical change haha
Unconventional? Yes
Ugly? Nah - You’ve just got a conservative aesthetic prejudice setting.
Good try, I got a twenty year old C4 carbon crono frame off eBay that I’m riding this year for the hell of it. I like weird, I just don’t quite get the fender thing. The title of this thread is from the road.cc article which I though was worth plagiarising…
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.
…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.