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I'm pretty sure 'refined' wasn't part of the brief. If I have a criticism, it's that they seem to have used factory manufactured screws, rather than hand made all wood joints.
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I looks crudely made
You do, but don't beat yourself up over it. :)
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Get used to it, Ed, there's a fantasist coming out with that novel idea of elevated skyways (or skytubes) for cyclists every couple of years. It's just part of the furniture of cycle campaigning. :)
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http://road.cc/content/news/99404-just-factor-vis-vires
At the front end you have a dual-crown fork with an integrated stem. What’s the thinking behind that?
It’s remarkable how much flex happens in a standard system where you have an axial load of a handlebar, attached to an axial load of a stem, attached to an axial load of a steerer tube, attached to an axial load of a wheel. Within that system you’re creating points of twist with all those axes.
http://road.cc/sites/default/files/imagecache/preview_500/images/Factor%20Vis%20Vires/Factor%20Vis%20Vires%20-%20head%20tube%20and%20fork.jpgWhen you ride a system like this you realise you have a direct connection from what you do with the handlebars – whether that’s steering or leaning – to what happens to the bike. We’ve increased the direct connection between the handlebars and the dropout and also increased the direct connection between the front end and the entire frame.
The head tube is loaded on the top and the bottom like a downhill mountain bike, and that changes the entire dynamics of how the bike handles, steers, changes direction, or even sprints.One of the most distinctive features is that dual down tube...
The dual down tube is unique, with an aerodynamic pass-through that goes around the bottom bracket. We let all the turbulent air that comes off the wheel go through the down tube instead of forcing it to go around.
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Look have been rocking a similar front end since 1999.
http://www.roadbikeaction.com/contentimages/july/LanceTTde2.jpg
Dual down tubes "unique"?
Colnago been there ages ago...
http://trackosaurus.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/NagoBondedDouble.jpg
The factor road frame in the pic appears to have 'track-like' fork rake - i.e. close to none... Does it go around corners?
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If only...
No fucking way.
Get used to it, Ed, there's a fantasist coming out with that novel idea of elevated skyways (or skytubes) for cyclists every couple of years. It's just part of the furniture of cycle campaigning. :)
At least the kerb nerds would be elevated out of the gutter.
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Nothing new, but I think its pretty cool! =)
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Wrinkled doesn't always mean old.
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Old as tesitcle.
Needs quoting.
Not sure why.
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This one is most definitely for the better.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ridemore/mac-ride-a-unique-childs-bike-seat-for-riding-off
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Awesome!
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The colouring is of no interest, and making helmets in a 3D printer is just plain stupid from an economic point of view. I was hoping for an interesting story about internal structure of the helmets, as 3D printing might be a way to generate a much better structure than EPS or other isotropic foams.
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Fingers crossed for that article next week, eh?
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one of the few...almost everything I was looking at was a one off
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John Britten Documentary Part 1 of 3 - YouTube
Documentary on the making of ^
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Oliver Schick
HoKe
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8bits
D_Mars
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Not sniping about the mechanism. I like the concept of a cog operated bike despite it probably being energy inefficient. I looks crudely made is what I mean by ugly