Silvio weight and performance
Bryan Ball from Bentrideronline came by our stand at Interbike and mentioned us here: article at bentrideronline.com (Thanks Bryan)
Like many, Bryan liked the Silvio particularly and put some pictures of it up there.
The goal for the weight of Silvio is to be under 10 kg (22 lbs) At the moment, it weighs 11.5 kg, give or take a little. I can see a little more weight to come out of the front triangle and I have been designing a new suspension system for the front based on the lovely carboyoke suspension system at the rear. Maybe there's another 1 kg to come out of it, which would get it down to 10.5kg (under 24 lbs), but that is about it I think, unless we build in another material, or scrap the dual suspension, or drop the design requirement of 'one size fits all'. Still, given those design requirements a sub 24lb DUAL SUSPENSION recumbent is pretty good.
We have had more time to ride the Silvio prototype. The reduced weight and road bike quality componentry does make a noticable difference to climbing and acceleration. But also the aerodynamics seems quite a step forward from the Sofrider. Make no mistake, in the right hands the Silvio is an absolute dream. I don't actually know how fast it is, there are plenty of variables to consider to work that out. But it is fast.
Like many, Bryan liked the Silvio particularly and put some pictures of it up there.
The goal for the weight of Silvio is to be under 10 kg (22 lbs) At the moment, it weighs 11.5 kg, give or take a little. I can see a little more weight to come out of the front triangle and I have been designing a new suspension system for the front based on the lovely carboyoke suspension system at the rear. Maybe there's another 1 kg to come out of it, which would get it down to 10.5kg (under 24 lbs), but that is about it I think, unless we build in another material, or scrap the dual suspension, or drop the design requirement of 'one size fits all'. Still, given those design requirements a sub 24lb DUAL SUSPENSION recumbent is pretty good.
We have had more time to ride the Silvio prototype. The reduced weight and road bike quality componentry does make a noticable difference to climbing and acceleration. But also the aerodynamics seems quite a step forward from the Sofrider. Make no mistake, in the right hands the Silvio is an absolute dream. I don't actually know how fast it is, there are plenty of variables to consider to work that out. But it is fast.
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