Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
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Awesome! Thanks for the post Recumbenteer!
I'm intrigued by those red splashes on the frame. Did Mark Renshaw get a bit over-eager again trying to nudge someone out of the way?
Before I get moaned at because these aren't 'bikes' by the rules of racing. But they are superb vehicles and I'm no wannabe racer.
Wonder what difference it makes to Cav, he's going to be riding in the bunch most of the time so he won't get any aero benefit there. I suppose he's in clean air (hopefully) on his own for the final few hundred metres but he's also likely to be hauling the bike from side to side and er, possibly not riding in a straight line. Still, every millisecond counts eh? And it is a very interesting bike.
20% less drag? Brilliant. Just need to get rid of that un-aerodynamic rider on the top & that bike will FLY!
Or you could get a velomobile! There are many makes and models. This one is a head-out type. They don't 'fly', but they go like stink, as long as the pilot is strong.
In a recent competiton Cyclevision 2010:
David Hembrow achieved 21st place travelling 235 km in 6 hours Averaging 39.1 kmh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTx7DKSlbPg
Full disclosure, I am unconnected with any velmobile manufacture or supplier. So I get to make precisely £zero for the picture. But I have watched David Hembrow's videos on YouTube.
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cakep!