Old 12-30-08 | 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by umd
You are living in the past Danno. Most carbon bikes now are monocoques.
They may be monocoque looking, but the actual contruction still uses distinct lugs and tubing with an overlapping miter. The following bikes are made with lugs and tubing:

Colnago C50
Carbonframes Sapphire (-> Lemond after buyout)
Calfee Luna, Dragonfly, Tetra
Crumpton
Look
Parlee
Serotta MeiVici
CR1
Trek OCLV
Specialized

Monocoques: no lugs with continuous fibres through the joints

Aegis
Look KG196, KG496
Colnago C35, Carbonissimo
Isaac Sonic
Merckx/deRosa axm


There are numerous variables in manufacturing. Cost is always a variable that needs to be considered and there are pros and cons to both true monocoque vs. tube/lug construction. Most manufacturers will offer frames using both methods of construction to hit various price-point targets. There are also corporate bean-counters in the process somewhere making decisions that may not reflect the true custom frame-builder's "art" of frame-sizing and geometry.
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