only 30 made.

[jags]

Wonder what Andre thinks of this beauti.

http://www.bikerumor.com/2014/06/12/new-pininfarina-fuoriserie-makes-electric-bikes-sexy/.


anto.

[Andre Jute]

Wonder what Andre thinks of this beauti.
http://www.bikerumor.com/2014/06/12/new-pininfarina-fuoriserie-makes-electric-bikes-sexy/.
anto.

The form doesn't follow function closely enough for me.

Whoever pays for that bike to hang it on a wall will get his money's worth. It's a pointless work of art. Whoever spends the money to ride it shouldn't breed as there are already enough idiots in the world.

By the way, regarding "the legendary Lancia Astura Bocca", I owned several Lancia over the years, including some vintage ones of superior technical interest (narrow V engines, monocoques essentially of spaceframes roundabout the time Colin Chapman was born, sliding pillar suspension as still found on Morgans), and this is the first time I've heard of "the legendary Lancia Astura Bocca"; what I knew about was a flashy styling exercise on a leftover prewar chassis. It must be a "legend" the writer or the pininfarina (their preferred spelling is with the lower case P and F) PR flack invented on the spot.

You asked...

[jags]

so basically you dont like it.

ah well sure a fella can only try.

anto.

[triaesthete]

To carry on in the cynical vein; do you think they spent more time assessing the number of SUCKAS out there (say it like Mr T you know you want to!)

It appears they have transgressed another Jute shibboleth by fitting a dynamo hub to an e bike 

Ian

[energyman]

Obviously been in a smash as the cross bar is bent ......................

[Andre Jute]

... fitting a dynamo hub to an e bike  

I'm not a weight weenie but carrying both a big battery for the motor, and a dynamo for the lamps? Duh. Some "stylist" who doesn't cycle was given a list of "sexy components" and told to use the maximum number.

Obviously been in a smash as the cross bar is bent ......................

Exactly. What function does that bend serve except "styling"? I certainly weakens the central diamond of the bike, and requires a heavier tube or tubes to be used than would be optimal for weight.

And whoever designed that plaited leather saddle should be forced to sit on it long enough to ensure that he doesn't do it again.

At least drillium, an honest workman's workmanlike embellishment, can be presumed to have a function on a bike, lightening parts...

[RonS]

But you can hook the dynamo up to the battery and run forever!

[jags]

Ah lads its a class looking bike 

[RonS]

I agree with you Anto that it is a work of art. It is best hung on a wall though as whoever buys it will most likely crash on the first ride trying to manipulate the backwards brake levers.

[jags]

Ah Ron your as bad as andre

[Andre Jute]

I also wonder if the person who designed it is quite normal. That hook on the top tube is perfectly positioned to catch both male and female riders exactly where it will hurt most.

[JWestland]

I agree with you Anto that it is a work of art. It is best hung on a wall though as whoever buys it will most likely crash on the first ride trying to manipulate the backwards brake levers.

French Porteur brake style...was done a lot in France in (if memory serves me well...) 50s by delivery boys racing each other.

So while it looks stupid to UK people...it may actually work OK.

But this is utter form over function...e-bikes are a modern invention, don't combine this with a lugged frame/leather/chrome which is purely bling, if it must be steel fillet brazed stainless, carbon fork and modern graphics could be the "shit". Or whatever it is young ones say these days...

[John Saxby]

Yes, I've seen similar brake & clutch levers on vintage BMW motorcycles.  "A design exercise", I think they call such bikes. Maybe the overall shape works--who am I to criticize la carosserie which produced things like a 1750 Alfa Giulia, after all?--but that convex top tube looks ready to penalize any momentary lapse in concentration. Forgiving it ain't.

Having just finished about 500 kms of comfy shakedown cruise on my Raven, though, I'm dismayed by the saddle/bars height difference -- I guess the saddle could be lowered by, say 12 - 15 cms, but still ...

Leather wraps make a nice touch, but I wouldn't fancy their appearance after a few days of rain & crud -- though again, one wouldn't expose this to rain & crud, nicht wahr?

J.

[energyman]

They have to make it look different otherwise it would be ..... just another bike...... or as my old mum used to say, it's for people with MMTS (More money than sense)

[JWestland]

You know what they say...money can't buy good taste