Great Britain's Tokyo track bikes

[Nikko]

These Lotus & Hope bikes are quite radical!

   
   

[Jesper]

Not me; but pretty cool nonetheless. Frame material? I assume carbon. Will it it translate to road designs?

[G_M]

Well, these bikes didn't help the Great Britain track team and they underperformed in Tokyo ...

Tokyo 2020: 3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze
Rio 2016: 6 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze
London 2012: 7 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
Beijing 2008: 7 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze
Athens 2004: 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze (those Olympics were worse)

[Nikko]

(08-08-2021, 03:23 PM)G_M Wrote:  Well, these bikes didn't help the Great Britain track team and they underperformed in Tokyo ...

Tokyo 2020: 3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze
Rio 2016: 6 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze
London 2012: 7 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
Beijing 2008: 7 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze
Athens 2004: 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze (those Olympics were worse)

Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas, Peter Kennaugh ... they had some serious squad in Beijing and London!

[Jason @ect]

To be eligible for racing in the Olympics all bikes have to be commercial available on the open market. Any guesses for the Look/Hope bike... 5K?, 10K?... 25K!!

[Nikko]

(09-02-2021, 06:09 AM)Jason @ect Wrote:  To be eligible for racing in the Olympics all bikes have to be commercial available on the open market. Any guesses for the Look/Hope bike... 5K?, 10K?... 25K!!

Wuuuuut, I somehow did not know such a fact and would have guessed 15k. The frame alone costs $21,500+tax (18,000 eur+tax or 15,550gbp+tax) and it's close to twofold for a full build. Time to sell my car ... both of them!

Here is an article: https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/7526/hope-team-gb-track-bike-available-now-starting-at-15550