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fat buddha
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Yes, we all need a full mudguard on the front wheel, and not even a seat stay to protect your arse on the rear!
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fat buddha
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| jibberjim wrote: | | Yes, we all need a full mudguard on the front wheel, and not even a seat stay to protect your arse on the rear! |
not uncommon now with beam bikes like the Cervelo P5X, Reap etc.
all these "unusual" bikes have to be approved by the ITU tech committee before being allowed in ITU/BTF permitted events to ensure they are crash worthy. IM do their own thing.
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fenix
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| What IS with the front mudguard thing? Odd.
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tin pot
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| fenix wrote: | | What IS with the front mudguard thing? Odd. |
I’ll hazard a guess that the top of the wheel generates turbulence as it rotates against he direction of travel and the mudguard is a cover to make it more aero.
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...or, it removes the vertical fork and replaces it with a horizontal fork.
Either way, that's ugly. And that comes from someone who actually liked the Diamondback Andean.
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I quite like it, but then I do like quirky. I'd never buy it though
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doug
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I'm not sure the mudguard being a wheel cover is the main reason, it looks to me a way of eliminating the legs of the fork
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fenix
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Oh yes I'd completely missed that its the fork....
I'd have thought the lotus one sided fork would have been a better bet than all of that....
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Jorgan
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It would look alright with traditional forks on it!
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| fat buddha wrote: | | jibberjim wrote: | | Yes, we all need a full mudguard on the front wheel, and not even a seat stay to protect your arse on the rear! |
not uncommon now with beam bikes like the Cervelo P5X, Reap etc.
all these "unusual" bikes have to be approved by the ITU tech committee before being allowed in ITU/BTF permitted events to ensure they are crash worthy. IM do their own thing. |
ICU are gonna love that...not...ITU test will be interesting...
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Just another Softride variant .....
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iwaters
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| fenix wrote: | | What IS with the front mudguard thing? Odd. |
Aero init. Wheels create turbulence.
Adrian Newey once said if there were no rules in Formula1 the first thing they would do is cover the wheels.
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TriSam
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| Looks like any mechanics on the disc brakes are gonna be a right PITA!
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