Omni

[Gravity Aided]

The pictured Lotus has gears.

I rather like the look of these monocoque bikes. They have nothing to do with bikes that I ride, and there's no chance I will find myself aboard one, they're purely racing machines for athletes, so I don't judge them by the same criteria that I would for normal bikes. They're two entirely different machines. I just look at them as things.

Here's the track version.

 

[Bollo]

I am curious: why has the Omni such a low gearing compared to the Lotus?
Are some time trials in very hilly areas?
Both quite spaceship like imo.

The pictured Lotus has gears.

I rather like the look of these monocoque bikes. They have nothing to do with bikes that I ride, and there's no chance I will find myself aboard one, they're purely racing machines for athletes, so I don't judge them by the same criteria that I would for normal bikes. They're two entirely different machines. I just look at them as things.

Ahhhhh. I was only familiar with the track jobbies - the 108. I didn't know they'd done a road TT version. You live and learn.

 

[Cuchilo]

1/ The racing would be faster (It is racing, after all).

2/ The benefits would trickle down into mass market bikes and if something enables me to go further and faster I'm all for it.

That's true but the price drop would only go so far as the bike manufacturers are already making a fortune knocking out what we already have . Why would they bother spending millions on new tooling to make something that will still be a high end product . I don't think we will ever see this type of bike as a BSO .

 

[Smokin Joe]

That's true but the price drop would only go so far as the bike manufacturers are already making a fortune knocking out what we already have . Why would they bother spending millions on new tooling to make something that will still be a high end product . I don't think we will ever see this type of bike as a BSO .

They spent millions developing brifters, which were themselves only a high end product when they first appeared. Now it is difficult to find a BSO that hasn't got them and the same will be true for electronic shift systems. Ditto clipless, indexing, carbon fibre etc etc. If something is seen as improving performance people will want it and as development costs are recouped price to the consumer will drop.

As is the case with all new technology. Mind you, all hypothetical as there does not seem to be any will on the part of the UCI to allow other than the same frame design that was available in the 19th century.

 

[Cuchilo]

They spent millions developing brifters, which were themselves only a high end product when they first appeared. Now it is difficult to find a BSO that hasn't got them and the same will be true for electronic shift systems. Ditto clipless, indexing, carbon fibre etc etc. If something is seen as improving performance people will want it and as development costs are recouped price to the consumer will drop.

As is the case with all new technology. Mind you, all hypothetical as there does not seem to be any will on the part of the UCI to allow other than the same frame design that was available in the 19th century.

The UCI have announced that they are relaxing the rules a little bit .They just haven't set out any rules yet

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...o-scrap-rule-limiting-aero-bike-design-281563

Maybe you are right and it will become cheaper but all the advances we have are not actually from bike manufacturers they are from the people that supply them with the components .

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Did someone say fugly?

 

[S-Express]

Did someone say 'deja vu' (again) ?

Mind those speed bumps...

 

[Smokin Joe]

Did someone say 'deja vu' (again) ?

Mind those speed bumps...

Nice looking bike, though the all yellow paint job is a bit naff.