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All Giant MCrs are absolutely hideous
The colour scheme and branding do this particular bike no favours, but without excessive UCI rule constraints monocoque upright designs would probably be widespread, especially with the potential of 3D printing for custom design. I would like to see more explorations of the single fork and chainstay used in the original Lotus bike.
This road.cc retrospective article is quite sympathetic to the MCR, discussing it in the context of contemporary designs outside of UCI scope in Triathlon and Ironman competitions:
https://road.cc/content/tech-news/258409-retro-bike-1997-giant-mcr-carbon-aero-bike
Nick_S
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All Giant MCrs are absolutely hideous, that one especially so, particularly with the Horrids branding. They were bloody fast, though.....