No corrosion worries here then.....

[Gerry Attrick]

Apparently it is made of plastic. Anyone seen or heard of them before?
I bet the ride is err.......interesting! (Before you wags jump on the obvious, I refer to the bike)

 

[palinurus]

Itera Plastic Bike

 

[palinurus]

Get your bids in..

One on Ebay

 

[Hilldodger]

They are bloody awful to ride!

They even made a racing version but I haven't had the pleasure of riding one of those.

 

[Hilldodger]

Nope. You calling me an odd bloke? :-)



Most museums think they need one as part of a cycling history display and I rode the Leicester Museums bike. Once. About 50 yards.

 

[palinurus]

A racing version? that's a must for the boxing day 10.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

my lbs always has one outside. i helped bring it in once while he was doing a last minute job on my bike. my god, that thing weighed an absolute ton.

 

[Aperitif]

A racing version? that's a must for the boxing day 10.

yeh - no 'silverware' on offer but the winner gets Tupperware...

 

[mickle]

It's what happens when you let a bunch of car designers design a bicycle. We've got one hanging in the warehouse. Really quite astoundingly awful to ride, the thing is so flexible that you can turn the bars about ten degrees before the wheel starts to turn.

 

[palinurus]

my lbs always has one outside.

No corrosion worries maybe, but I wonder what UV exposure might do to the plastic after a while.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

No corrosion worries maybe, but I wonder what UV exposure might do to the plastic after a while.

it pales the colour, bit like if a plastic bucket or some such is left out…

 

[longers]

it pales the colour, bit like if a plastic bucket or some such is left out…

I've seen the one in Macc and a bike shop nearby has one outside, they look quite grey I think compared to the beige one linked to on here. Unless I'm mistaken.