Holy no-seat-tube Batman!

reanimation · Mar 28, 2011

I'm not sure how I spotted this, but a Carbon Kestrel Road frame, its a bit special, Just like Lefty forks it doesn't seem right... but at the same time I love it! Might well make supple seating too perfect for unpadded swimming trunks, if it doesn't break, any thoughts comments or engineering calculations?!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kestrel-Airfoil-P ... 6030816324

cyfa2809 · Mar 28, 2011

well to me it looks as though the weak points would be where teh seatstays meet the seattube/toptube
yes it looks beefier but there are lots of angles there rather than curves :?
carbon is quite flexi i heard though right?

one-eyed_jim · Mar 28, 2011

It's an old idea:

http://velospace.org/node/35621

It's all about the look.

Does the UCI still mandate "three main tubes"?

reanimation · Mar 28, 2011

I see, very fluid design and aero I expect but mostly just cos they can.

Hmm, still seems a vunerable design, I can see why all my bikes are overbuilt!

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