Comments on: New SPEED is the lightest Moulton yet | MOULTON Bicycle Company http://www.moultonbuzz.com/2009/10/moulton-bicycle-company-new-speed-is-the-lightest-moulton-yet/ Life on a Moulton Buzz!! Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:29:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian http://www.moultonbuzz.com/2009/10/moulton-bicycle-company-new-speed-is-the-lightest-moulton-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-829 Brian Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:19:49 +0000 http://www.moultonbuzz.com/?p=451#comment-829 It's magnificent. Simple, functional, minimal, beautiful, practical. A bicycle like this will last forever. Tyres are very important, the critical interface, and Continental Grand Prix tyres are the very best. They make Stelvios seem syrupy, soft and slow. And the rims are better. I think it's the perfection of the racing spaceframe. It’s magnificent. Simple, functional, minimal, beautiful, practical. A bicycle like this will last forever. Tyres are very important, the critical interface, and Continental Grand Prix tyres are the very best. They make Stelvios seem syrupy, soft and slow. And the rims are better. I think it’s the perfection of the racing spaceframe.

]]> By: admin http://www.moultonbuzz.com/2009/10/moulton-bicycle-company-new-speed-is-the-lightest-moulton-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-700 admin Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:45:18 +0000 http://www.moultonbuzz.com/?p=451#comment-700 This is not an AM! The only thing it has in common with an AM is the front fork design. The rest of it is the New Series frame design. I expect that a touring version will be offered in future, with racks, separable frame, steel tubing. 406mm wheels are not that much bigger that 369mm. There is no reason why a large rear rack will not fit, just like a new series. One of the reasons for this front suspension over the flexitor design, is the more precise handling offered by the leading links. Not to mention simpler manufacture. This may be the future! This is not an AM! The only thing it has in common with an AM is the front fork design. The rest of it is the New Series frame design.
I expect that a touring version will be offered in future, with racks, separable frame, steel tubing.
406mm wheels are not that much bigger that 369mm. There is no reason why a large rear rack will not fit, just like a new series.
One of the reasons for this front suspension over the flexitor design, is the more precise handling offered by the leading links. Not to mention simpler manufacture.
This may be the future!

]]> By: Gero http://www.moultonbuzz.com/2009/10/moulton-bicycle-company-new-speed-is-the-lightest-moulton-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-699 Gero Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:52:28 +0000 http://www.moultonbuzz.com/?p=451#comment-699 Sorry, can't help. To me, it looks very strange with the huge wheels. I think fitting 406-wheels to an AM is only possible for a SPEED, since no rear carrier will be fitted. I doubt the strut shoring up the large carrier will fit over the wheel. And what else, except for wider range of tyres and broader availability would be the reason for replacing the 369-wheels? While touring, it makes sense to go to standard 406. But a SPEED will nerver tour. So I don't understand the goal of this design. Why not stay with 369 and leave the proportions of this wonderful bike untouched? Sorry, can’t help. To me, it looks very strange with the huge wheels. I think fitting 406-wheels to an AM is only possible for a SPEED, since no rear carrier will be fitted. I doubt the strut shoring up the large carrier will fit over the wheel. And what else, except for wider range of tyres and broader availability would be the reason for replacing the 369-wheels? While touring, it makes sense to go to standard 406. But a SPEED will nerver tour. So I don’t understand the goal of this design.

Why not stay with 369 and leave the proportions of this wonderful bike untouched?

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