Weird Bikes 2 - the Bottecchia edition
May 3, 2008a) 1986 Bottecchia Kronotech Concept
From a time before the UCI took all the fun out of bike design
Produced for display at Expo86 to demonstrate the company’s technological prowess, with a sculptured and streamlined carbon fibre frame and wheels, computer controlled variable transmission, and cool space age gear levers.
Of course, the current management of Bottecchia continues to be on the cutting edge of biking innovation in 2008.
b) BS110 “Top Sprinter”
Complete BS
The use of black paint on the seat stays of the all aluminium (well except for the steel forks) BS110 is a brilliant technogical solution to the market demand for carbon fibre, ensuring lightness, ease of production, and aesthetic performance.
How do you quantify “aesthetic performance”? Does it have to look really cool from a distance of 200m at a speed of 35 mph?
I’m beginning to suspect that you do not like Bottecchia. What’s your problem?
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