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From the Washing Machine Post:
What can be deduced from the photo? well, it looks like campag components in the gear department with some stylish hoods covering the carbon levers, coupled (or not - can't see any cables at all, not even on the gear mechs) to carbon disc brakes. why we need discs (probably hydraulic) on a road bike is quite beyond me, while the closeness of the rear wheel to the seat tube/post would worry me greatly. still it is only a display prototype.
ironically, the bicycle was unveiled at the british racing drivers' club luncheon in london where beru were sponsoring the graham hill trophy. yes, and we'll now lose the cycling connection almost completely because the winner of the award was the almost ubiquitous lewis hamiltion - and belief comes perilously close to total suspension when you discover that, as part of his prize, lewis is going to receive one of these interesting machines.
surely, surely, if beru f1 systems are serious about presenting this to their target audience (i'm guessing it's well heeled cyclists) wouldn't it seem a frightfully good idea to give one to bradley wiggins or chris hoy on the run-up to the beijing olympics?