Range Rover bike

CiB
CiB Posts: 6,098
edited March 2011 in Commuting chat
Spied this over on Cakes.

One for the greens to get excited about - a 4x4 manufacturer changing tack. Wonder if it qualifies RR for a reduction in the average Co2 o/p across their range, as required by soem EU reg IIRC.

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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    If Ferrari made a road bike, I'd understand.
    If Range Rover made a mountain bike, I'd understand.

    But a Range Rover road bike makes no sense to me.
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    CiB wrote:
    Spied this over on Cakes.

    One for the greens to get excited about - a 4x4 manufacturer changing tack. Wonder if it qualifies RR for a reduction in the average Co2 o/p across their range, as required by soem EU reg IIRC.

    There was a schort interview in C+ a bit ago I think it was with the design boss. Big cyclist and Bianchi lover, he said this was in to pipline

    EDIT: I should have read the article, it's all in there really innit, apart from the bianchi bit :oops:
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    If Ferrari made a road bike, I'd understand.
    If Range Rover made a mountain bike, I'd understand.

    But a Range Rover road bike makes no sense to me.[/quote


    Ferrari Colnago:

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    Alfa Romeo Bianchi:

    http://www.bellatisport.com/shop/produc ... zione.html

    Can Range Rover match up to the spec of these beasts?
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    I was expecting a full war disc brake, dual suspension, damage the Earth knobbled tyre mountain bike complete with a seat cover made out of fox fur....

    I'm surprised and wierdly dissapointed that I'm presented with an elegant and really attractive road bike.... me likey...
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    gtvlusso wrote:

    Alfa Romeo Bianchi:

    http://www.bellatisport.com/shop/produc ... zione.html

    Can Range Rover match up to the spec of these beasts?

    I read Alfa Romeo Bianchi and I immediately thought porn.... off to the toilet with my baby lotion I thought...

    I so wanted this to be beautiful:

    alfa+0a.jpg

    An Ugly Anticlimax just doesn't give it justice to the sheer ugliness....
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  • jonginge
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    Funny article. All the design features are, oh so, innovative....
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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Land Rover bikes have been around for yonks (were built by Claude Butler as was obvious if you looked at the pics), I guess it being a road bike (the others were MTB/tourers mostly) fits in with the new Evoque (or WAG-oque as I'm sure it will be) being available in front wheel drive only car.

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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    This may well be the most upsetting thing ever...

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  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    My eyes!!!

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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    I think Alfa had some bikes built by Bianchi previously.......they were very sexy, but uber expensive...

    **Wonders what Mercedes will offer.....
  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    I hate Range Rovers - they are a menace in London.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Why showcase a new road bike with a discontinued ShimaNO groupset?
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  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    agree with DOnDaddy, an Alfa Bianchi should be a thing a beauty - difficult to see how they could make it uglier - whats with the non matching wheels?
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    t4tomo wrote:
    agree with DOnDaddy, an Alfa Bianchi should be a thing a beauty - difficult to see how they could make it uglier - whats with the non matching wheels?

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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    If Ferrari made a road bike, I'd understand.
    If Range Rover made a mountain bike, I'd understand.

    But a Range Rover road bike makes no sense to me.

    Don't worry about it - Ferrari make MTBs as well as road bikes........ Saw them in the truly ghastly Ferrari shop in Milan a few weeks ago. Wierdly cheap spec in some respects irrc.
    gtvlusso wrote:
    Campag Bora carbons - Have a look at the spoke patterns on your bikes wheels (if you have a road bike) - you will see they are different. Rear wheel carries more weight. keeps front nice and light too.

    Identical front and back is probably bad design! Lots of Campag wheels and other makes have different spoke patterns front and rear.
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  • Chrissz
    Chrissz Posts: 727
    That Range Rover bike looks suspiciously like one of those ebay carbon frames (carbonzone??) with a paint job to me :!:
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  • rjsterry
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    JonGinge wrote:
    Funny article. All the design features are, oh so, innovative....

    Yeah, I liked the "...but this is no ordinary bike..." - err, well it kind of is CF has been used in bikes for years. And some of the components are colour matched to the frame :shock: Wowzer! What will they think of next.

    In short: pfffft.
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  • Dudu
    Dudu Posts: 4,637
    Land Rover make a bike. My former boss (a bit of a petrolhead) bought one for the name. It's a rather good folding mountainbike.

    The nice bit is, he started riding it to work and caught The Cycling Bug.

    Just as well - his driving is terrible.
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  • pst88
    pst88 Posts: 621
    I think the range rover bike looks cool. Nothing revolutionary but a damn sight better than those other car manufacturer's attempts.
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  • Drysuitdiver
    Drysuitdiver Posts: 474
    Gussio wrote:
    I hate Range Rovers - they are a menace in London.


    an inanimate object can not by definition be a menace. the menace comes from the yummy mummies driving them ( the term driving is used very loosley here) .
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  • Valy
    Valy Posts: 1,321
    Does not look bad.

    Though I do not like the idea of integrated seatposts... don't you have to get it right 1st time? What if you cut it too short? :S
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  • thelawnet
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    Drysuitdiver wrote:
    Gussio wrote:
    I hate Range Rovers - they are a menace in London.


    an inanimate object can not by definition be a menace. the menace comes from the yummy mummies driving them ( the term driving is used very loosley here) .

    well no. A feather cannot be a menace. A 3-tonne high-speed assault vehicle with a superpowered engine certainly can.
  • thelawnet
    thelawnet Posts: 719
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    If Ferrari made a road bike, I'd understand.
    If Range Rover made a mountain bike, I'd understand.

    But a Range Rover road bike makes no sense to me.

    since when did the typical Range Rover ever go off-road?
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    thelawnet wrote:
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    If Ferrari made a road bike, I'd understand.
    If Range Rover made a mountain bike, I'd understand.

    But a Range Rover road bike makes no sense to me.

    since when did the typical Range Rover ever go off-road?

    So very true. A mate of mine has a Vogue and when I asked him why he wanted a 4x4 he said its because he parks on a grass driveway!

    I've done an off-road driving course and what those cars are capable of is nothing short of jaw-dropping. Using a Range Rover for the school run is as bad as using an Enzo for the weekly Waitrose run.

    The wrong tool for the job. Complete overkill.
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  • UndercoverElephant
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    Valy wrote:
    Does not look bad.

    Though I do not like the idea of integrated seatposts... don't you have to get it right 1st time? What if you cut it too short? :S

    Yup, and you can only sell it on ebay to people with the same length legs.
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