VaMoots TT - not Becca butt nice (bike porn)

coolnat · March 17, 2004, 1:24am

I came across this pic from 2004 Interbike, apparently it’s all titanium. Thought you guy’s and girls might like a look

Has anyone come across this bike as yet?..what do you think?

Tom_Demerly · March 17, 2004, 2:08am

wow
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docfuel · March 17, 2004, 2:16am

I’d say mavic she have nice moots???

cerveloguy · March 17, 2004, 5:24am

Is that front wheel available to the general public. Any aero specs compared to a tri spoke? I’m afraid to ask the cost.

freestyle · March 17, 2004, 5:49am

I think it’s more of a track wheel, but I’ve seen some guys on the Tour use it in TT’s. I’m pretty sure it’s upwards of 2000 dollars for one wheel.

MAVIC IO 5 SPOKE Front wheel
OUR PRICE £1599.00

Tai · March 17, 2004, 9:29am

isn’t this the really cool bike that was made out of seam welded sheet titanium versus extruded tubing and had such thin wall thickness they were too scared to manufacture it. Plus the price was sky high. Sure is cool though. Think I read this somewhere

GregX · March 17, 2004, 1:48pm

I saw the bike at interbike, and I don’t want to rain on your parade, but while I think it was pretty looking, aerodynamically it was quite crude compared to something like the P2 or P3. The ‘aero tubing’ was no more than the equivalent of a round tube with a long aero teardrop section of completely flat titanium. Not anything close to a NACA profile tube like Gerard uses on the P2 and P3 (where the tubes’ leading edges are not round but flattened and elliptical, and where their sides have compound curves all the way to the trailing edges).

Sure looks nice though…

Becca · March 17, 2004, 2:22pm

Not bad looking, but, and don’t hate me for this, I’m not a big Ti fan. I prefer my Felt DA…

tripoet · March 17, 2004, 2:57pm

Yep, I’ll take my DA over the ti-Moots any day.

fireluv · March 17, 2004, 5:37pm

Well,

I would take my P3 over a DA and the Moots to boot ;-).

Becca · March 17, 2004, 5:47pm

P3’s are nice - Bjorn rides one. But not correctly according to you if I remember right!

Coggan_s_Heroes · March 17, 2004, 6:41pm

What did Becca’s 5 fingers say to fireluv’s face?..SLAP!

Shad · March 17, 2004, 7:01pm

I feel like I’m in a Dr. Suess forum

fireluv · March 17, 2004, 9:32pm

I never said that Bjorn did not ride his P3 right. I said that his position could be critiqued as he had a 17+ minute lead on the bike, and then finished 3rd. Would a slight change in position have resulted in a 5 minute slower bike and 10 minute faster run?? Only analyzing and examing can we truly know that. That is not to say that he is not awesome on the bike, but his position, like anyone else’s position, can be critiqued.