Friday, September 14, 2007

Silvio Released

This week Silvio began shipping.

Silvio is a significant step in the evolution of the bicycle. For the first time, a moving bottom bracket bicycle with full body ergonomics has been designed from scratch for commercial production, encompassing all the learning and experience of building hundreds of mtb derivative cruzbikes. The mtb derivative bikes perform exceptionally well, no question, and capture excellent manufacturing economies in the bicycle industry. But Silvio is different, its starting point is a group of components for a road bike with the aim to retain full compatibility with road bike parts.

As Tom Traylor said when I visited with the Silvio: "Its a really good bike. It works really well, it handles well, it incorporates all the good features of standardization - its got everything!" That is an important testimony, Tom Traylor has 25 years experience building and riding moving bottom bracket bikes.