Step aside Bike Friday
07-18-07, 11:48 AM
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Step aside Bike Friday
Carbon fiber, monocoque, bent. A mere $5,000: https://www.angletechcycles.com/bikes...ifications.htm.
07-18-07, 12:12 PM
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A bit too rich for my blood, but then again, so is Bike Friday. 
07-18-07, 03:06 PM
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But, it's a bent!
07-18-07, 03:13 PM
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Recumbents are specialty items, and typically start around $2k anyway. I guess $1200 or so more for CF and a Schlumpf sounds about right.
07-18-07, 04:28 PM
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There is an upright on the page too. It looks like a titanium Montague folding bike. Or I should say that the folding mechanism is similar.
EDIT: Not quite on the same page ...
https://www.angletechcycles.com/bikes...es/index.6.jpg
https://www.angletechcycles.com/bikes...es/index.8.jpg
EDIT: Not quite on the same page ...
https://www.angletechcycles.com/bikes...es/index.6.jpg
https://www.angletechcycles.com/bikes...es/index.8.jpg
07-18-07, 05:06 PM
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I'm thinking of getting one instead of a "proper" road bike.
07-18-07, 05:30 PM
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Carbon fiber, monocoque, bent. A mere $5,000: https://www.angletechcycles.com/bikes...ifications.htm.
07-18-07, 08:30 PM
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I'd have to say, everything is just about perfect on that bike, down to the chain. Of course, it would mean moving somewhere where I could actually use a recumbant and then mortgaging.
Invisiblehand, that bike caught my attention, too. I'd be that guy could do a custom design on a 406 or 349 bike. As it is, it looks like the wheel has to come off for a decent fold. I played with a lot of drawings before discovering an existing bike that worked, so maybe one day when we return to developing nation status and labor is cheap...
Invisiblehand, that bike caught my attention, too. I'd be that guy could do a custom design on a 406 or 349 bike. As it is, it looks like the wheel has to come off for a decent fold. I played with a lot of drawings before discovering an existing bike that worked, so maybe one day when we return to developing nation status and labor is cheap...
07-19-07, 08:09 AM
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I'd have to say, everything is just about perfect on that bike, down to the chain. Of course, it would mean moving somewhere where I could actually use a recumbant and then mortgaging.
Invisiblehand, that bike caught my attention, too. I'd be that guy could do a custom design on a 406 or 349 bike. As it is, it looks like the wheel has to come off for a decent fold. I played with a lot of drawings before discovering an existing bike that worked, so maybe one day when we return to developing nation status and labor is cheap...
Invisiblehand, that bike caught my attention, too. I'd be that guy could do a custom design on a 406 or 349 bike. As it is, it looks like the wheel has to come off for a decent fold. I played with a lot of drawings before discovering an existing bike that worked, so maybe one day when we return to developing nation status and labor is cheap...
Here is the frame builder for the bike ... https://nobilettecycles.com/
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