http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Pannier, or bag, or this? en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:23:51 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11517#post-130959 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:50:18 +0000 kaputnik 130959@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is exactly why bikes shouldn't be built by conceptual designers / self-declared "innovative thinkers"! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11517#post-130958 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:45:02 +0000 gembo 130958@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That upper class $4000 prosumer ends up with a tiny bag </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11517#post-130922 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:23:13 +0000 Focus 130922@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ <strong>Bhachgen</strong></p> <p>That was the first thing I thought - no protection from the rain, so the intended user probably lives in Arizona!</p> <p>As concept bikes go, it's interesting but clearly flawed. The side wind issue is another concern and the general idea of it being styled on a TT bike seems very much at odds with it being a supposed commuter bike. For example, an aero seatpost limits your rear lighting options dramatically. And how many people's commutes can benefit from such extreme aerodynamics? Only a relative handful I'd reckon.</p> <p>Still, if it keeps $4,000 bike-owning "prosumer" (awful word!) happy, good for him! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11517#post-130911 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:30:25 +0000 twq 130911@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Bhachgen gives you more downhill momentum. Just fall off going uphill and it empties. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11517#post-130910 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:27:49 +0000 Bhachgen 130910@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does it affect the handling if you commute in the rain and the "trunk" fills up with water? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11517#post-130908 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:03:03 +0000 Coxy 130908@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bikesnob had a piece on this...</p> <p><a href="http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/its-monday-october-28th-and-i-just.html" rel="nofollow">http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/its-monday-october-28th-and-i-just.html</a></p> <p><em>Hotard.</p> <p>It's the first and last name in prosumerist Fred-tastic singlespeed aero washing machines</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11517#post-130904 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:37:29 +0000 custard 130904@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When I saw the shape,i assumed they had a bag to fit in the rear of the frame </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11517#post-130893 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:09:52 +0000 gdm 130893@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice of them to develop a solution that requires not just purchasing a relatively standard tyre size, but the whole forks, blade and bike in total. Don't think I would have invested in my panniers if I had to buy a whole new bike just to fit in with their clips.</p> <p>But wouldn't the design also lead to the problems about aero wheels where there's a risk of toppling due to the way it catches air currents? I'm sure there's a single technical term for that which explains what I mean so hopefully clear enough...</p> <p>Anyway - I'm sure it's one of those great solutions for the Steves of this world <blockquote>"upper class, male... a prosumer... enjoys riding a $4,000 bike"</blockquote>.</p> <p>That is so me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11517#post-130884 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:42:14 +0000 Baldcyclist 130884@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I think it would be improved by the addition of a chain.</em></p> <p>There are some 'posey' shots at the bottom where the bike does have a chain. In one of them though the tyres appear to be flat and there is no actual riding of the bicycle.</p> <p>Also interesting to see the nice SRAM brake/shifters on the handlebar, but no brakes or gears on the bike... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11517#post-130882 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:35:09 +0000 allebong 130882@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Regardless of how 'aero' they make it, and how much carbon they throw at it, I think it would be improved by the addition of a chain. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11517#post-130875 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:47:38 +0000 Instography 130875@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's not really a commuter bike is it? Everything about it (apart from the front wheel) screams 'time trial'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11517#post-130861 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:20:20 +0000 Baldcyclist 130861@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.davidhotard.com/Transport-1">http://www.davidhotard.com/Transport-1</a> </p>