The beginning of the end of rear stays?

[RecordAceFromNew]

Details here.

 

[dan_bo]

I doubt it- nice bike but it looks like a right pain in the arse.

 

[jimboalee]

Good 'ole Cannondale. Always trying something a bit unusual.

I think its called a 'swingarm beam'.

Someone will no doubt jump it off their front yard wall and the thing will fold up, causing major injury to the idiot.


They tried their hand at MotoX bikes about 10 or so years ago.

A 500cc thing with the inlets at the front of a 4 valve cylinder.
The front wheel was cable driven which made it a two wheel drive motorbike.

 

[ufkacbln]

The bike is the first of its kind, very unique and innovative.

Apart from the concept being used by Mike Burrows in his City Bike some years ago?

 

[TheDoctor]

Well, the Cannondale design is totally different.
The fork is on the other side, and the wheels are bigger...

 

[niggle]

"very unique and innovative." Arrgghh, it is either unique or it is not unqiue, you cannot say 'very unique', and turns out it is not anyway. As for the design it is inherently wrong, triangulation is the key to a strong, light bicycle frame, whereas to make it strong enough the Cannondale must have very thick and heavy materials in that chainstay/chaincase affair.

 

[summerdays]

Where do you put your pannier bags

Somehow it just looks wrong ... I keep expecting another bike to appear beside it and a caption line ... spot the difference.

 

[ufkacbln]

Where do you put your pannier bags

So glad you used the plural!

 

[Moodyman]

It's the one stay on the fork that puts me off.

 

[tyred]

I see no real advantage to not having a chainstay.

 

[Theseus]

I see no real advantage to not having a chainstay.

It may not be much, but you would be able to change your tube/tyre without taking the wheel off the bike.

 

[guitarpete247]

I would have thought the the remaining frame components would have had to be over engineered to retain the strength the missing bits contribute. Therefore it would be heavier than a bike with the correct geometry.

 

[tyred]

I would have thought the the remaining frame components would have had to be over engineered to retain the strength the missing bits contribute. Therefore it would be heavier than a bike with the correct geometry.

That's my thinking as well.

 

[guitarpete247]

It's the one stay on the fork that puts me off.

Adam Hart Davies had a one forked bike.

Hi viz jacket as well.

 

[Rob3rt]

This was in a mag a couple months ago,

Since the chain is enclosed as this is used for structure, if you drop the chain (or simply need access to the chain) access requires tools no?

IMO its a pointless feat of engineering, but some people will go for it as some sort of concept machine, it looks kind of cool but I would ride one!