Kirk Precision lightweight magnesium frame bicycle

G_M · 09-07-2019, 03:08 PM

Look what I found, anyone noticed this before or knows more about it, or has touched/seen it in real life?

Kirk Precision: bicycle with lightweight frame made of cast magnesium alloy. I read that it even participated in Tour de France? Disappeared from the industry in mid 90s.

CharleyFarley · 09-08-2019, 05:56 PM

(09-07-2019, 03:08 PM)G_M Wrote: Look what I found, anyone noticed this before or knows more about it, or has touched/seen it in real life?

Disappeared from the industry in mid 90s.

I never heard of magnesium bike, before, so I searched for them online. Apparently, carbon fiber is lighter, and that's where the industry seems to have gone.

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Papa Dom · 09-10-2019, 06:44 PM

their tagline apparently was "you ain't seen anything yet"!

found a very good and detailed article on this, worth the reading: http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2009/01/8-second-bicycle.html

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