Comments on: World’s Lightest Bike

By: Ancient Future

Ancient Future — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:15:00 +0000

Fibre-Lyte makes those specific rings as a showpiece… you’d have to add a few more grams to by swapping them for the long rides. Complaining about this gem is like nitpicking a concept race car… Very few can afford to create such a masterpiece, and even fewer could afford the transformation into a competitive racer. This is a science fiction masterpiece, pushing the boundaries of reality. Old school engineers fought composites in the Skunk works, but data speaks louder than anyone. This is why you fly to and fro on commercial jets full of composite parts, replacing metals that are weaker and heavier. I’d love to thrash a 4 or 5 kg bike, all over a mountain pass with or without pavement. Sign me up for some future.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:37:00 +0000

Why the omni-directional carbon weave?? That is a cosmetic layer that won’t add strength as efficiently as two perpendicular layers of uni-directional carbon. The weave of omni directional carbon leaves voids that fill with excess resin, adding weight.

By: Johanan Ottensooser

Johanan Ottensooser — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:12:00 +0000

The carbon gear ring … how strong is that? (carbon weaves have directional strength …)

By: Dim-itri'os Ev-angelos Pap'the

Dim-itri'os Ev-angelos Pap'the — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:03:00 +0000

get real man.!. not everybody wants to be Lance Armstrong.!. material selection depends on riding requirements…

By: Dim-itri'os Ev-angelos Pap'the

Dim-itri'os Ev-angelos Pap'the — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:03:00 +0000

indeed.!.

By: Dim-itri'os Ev-angelos Pap'the

Dim-itri'os Ev-angelos Pap'the — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:34:00 +0000

still doubt it we can go so far , but “ax lightness” has reached 4,something kgs certifying for up to 80 kgs riders. we’ll see.

By: daniel

daniel — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:40:00 +0000

just think about how light it is, then think about how thin the carbonfiber most be to. and then think about the stiffness of the bike, the bike most be very soft in the corners. personly i think if a big guy riding that bike down a steep hill it would possible brake!

By: Roy_saniel

Roy_saniel — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:30:00 +0000

oh….wat a fuckn weight.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:25:00 +0000

Hipsters?

By: Jurriaan

Jurriaan — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:04:00 +0000

Unidirectional carbon fibre is the only future for building bikes. Even Litespeed knows that!

By: anon

anon — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:01:00 +0000

yo dawg i heard you like carbon fibre

By: Jurriaan

Jurriaan — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:46:00 +0000

Light bikes are for light riders. If you’re heavy, buy a heavy bike!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:01:00 +0000

$45,000? That’s utterly, fantastically, ridiculous!!

By: stric

stric — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:35:00 +0000

In fact, very fast. It was considered for some famous hill-climb earlier in 2011 but the rider had to give up since the bike was too small for him.

By: stric

stric — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:33:00 +0000

It was in exhibited in a bike studio or gallery if you want so it was impeccably clean when the pictures were taken.