so, when the h3ll are they going to build...
a TT bike that has:
the "speed skeg" of the Scott Plasma2 and the "hatchet" front end of the new Giant and the BB rear brake of the Felt and the seat tube swoop of the P3 and the behind the fork caliper of the Jamis or the centerpull caliper of the Spec. Transition and the jetstream seatstays of the Ridley and the downtube leading edge of the Wilier Chrono and... streamers and whirlygigs* on the handlebars and hubs (* insert any other "negative drag" devices here) if ANY of this really worked- why isnt there any consistency between the brands? look at the Cannondale Slice... pretty basic geometry, a tiny bit of shielding for the rear wheel, traditional caliper placement.... and its being run at the highest level of our sport. all these frames share fixed points in the wheelbase, seat, BB, and head tube locations... they all are subjected to the same laws of physics... they all travel thru the same basic fluid... why all so radically different? evolution shows almost universal acceptance of a superior solution to a given task/environment. fish have a pretty consistant LxWxHxD ratio... mammals have grown to pretty much all have 4 legs and an articulated head... airplanes and helicopters are all suspiciously similar in basic design.... why? because it all works. so how much of this is the Nike "Air" vs the Reebok "Pump" vs the Sketchers "Freshers" vs whatever... just something different to make you buy something new? |
So this all boils down to : gee... why don't all TT bikes look the same?
Let me suppose, then that all Formula 1 cars should look the same; All Fighter Jets should look the same, etc. |
This may be an argument for "Intelligent Design".
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Trek is probably working on it now, seeing how they simply take others designs and incorporate them into one bike...
...cough...Madone...cough |
Originally Posted by sleazy
(Post 7041580)
evolution shows almost universal acceptance of a superior solution to a given task/environment. fish have a pretty consistant LxWxHxD ratio... mammals have grown to pretty much all have 4 legs and an articulated head... airplanes and helicopters are all suspiciously similar in basic design....
Anyway, the point is: you don't understand evolution as well as you might, there's more than one way to skin a cat, and most importantly of all, manufacturers are constrained by patent law. So they'll take what they can in whatever way they can manage it. |
Originally Posted by sleazy
(Post 7041580)
why all so radically different?
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They did this with a car....it was called the Edsil...
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Originally Posted by grolby
(Post 7041821)
nd most importantly of all, manufacturers are constrained by patent law. So they'll take what they can in whatever way they can manage it.
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