On the show floor, TT bikes are just so much more interesting than road bikes, and I’m not just saying that ’cause I have a soft, or dare I say, wet spot for TT’s. While much of a road bike’s qualities are hidden in it’s weave and construction, a TT bike’s features are out there in the open.
This year’s must have TT bike features:
 Behind the stem cable routing
 Hidden rear brake (and maybe front brake too)
 Dedicated fork faired into downtube
Several makers had these nailed already (Pinarello, Felt, etc.), but this year more and more bikes adopted these features.
P4 already covered here.
Schmalz:Â All of these bikes look like some sort of Cervelo to me. They all have the back wheel second tri-mester baby bump on the seat tube. Isn’t the fact that they all copy Cervelo’s design an advertisement that Cervelo is the best bike out there? That’s about all the excitement I can generate for these TT things.
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Why do you have the most pics of the Ridley? Was it the dreamiest?
Where are the paint bumps supposed to be?
The Ridley’s just got a lot going on, that’s all. It’s supposed to have rough paint on some edges to make the airflow stick better, like dimples, probably on the leading edges.
The boob is the guy holding the camera.
Well played!
Do you think it is bullshite, or do you think that the slotted fork, stays and other features actually work?
Honestly, I have NO idea. I think it might be originally a John Cobb idea, worked up in conjunction with Oval a few years back. Cobb does seem credible.
the rough paint should go on the trailing edge. the noise induced by dimples helps keep the transition to delaminar flow from being sudden. front edge makes the bow wave. helps to be pointy there.
By comparison to these pics, Cervelo ought to be embarrassed.
I don’t know where it should go, but Ridley has it on the leading edges:
http://www.thefastestbikeintheworld.com/index.php?id=r-surface&language=english
Its unlivable that I cant comment on the Sommerville picture.
Its unlivable that I cant comment on the Sommerville picture.
start the wedding party hate here … c’mon, y’all, that’s gotta be fair game
i agree w/ the comment, that is … not ‘the site is a joke’ bit … i love this world
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2008/worlds08/index.php?id=/photos/2008/worlds08/worlds082/WC1_5797
helmet envy
http://velonews.com/article/13170
I’ve got one, and it’s pretty fast. Zinn thinks their fast too.
The rough paint on the Ridley, like the Dimples on Zipps should be on the LEADING edge (or all over), as it needs to ‘trip’ the boundary layer.
Why do you say “for now”?
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