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TECH NEWS
HOY Update_JanSneak peek: Hoy road bike
Evans Cycles tell us that the initial range of Hoy bikes are close to sign off by Sir Chris. We told you last November how the multiple-Olympic gold medalist was working with Evans on four city bikes and three road bikes.
Sir Chris has been working closely with Evans’ designer James Olsen and Joel Natale who heads up the bike department, and they all seem extremely pleased with the progress and development. They’re promising that the bikes will come with unique aesthetics and distinctive ride qualities.
The guys at Evans aren't giving much away about the bike yet so all we've got to go on are these pictures. As you can see, the seatstays wind their way in and out, which manufacturers usually reckon adds comfort at the back end, The seatstays sit right on the outside of the seat tube, almost surrounding it. Designers often tell us that this wider than normal stance adds lateral stiffness back there. That's a chunky old head tube; it looks like it's tapered so maybe the lower bearing is 1 1/4in or even 1 1/2in for extra stiffness up front.
There's not a great deal more we can tell from the pictures, although those are Mavic Aksium wheels and Aksion tyres. Oh, and that's an FSA chainset, isn't it? Maybe a Gossamer Pro, or something like that. The down tube looks equally meaty.
Sir Chris will be riding his latest Hoy road bike sample in an open public session at the Cyclopark in Kent at 3pm on Wednesday 16 January – so, next week.
Although there will not be bikes available for the public to ride, this is a opportunity to visit one of the newest grassroots cycling facilities in the UK, and catch a glimpse of what the Hoy road bikes might look like, with a sample being put through its paces by the man himself.
We'll keep you updated with more details on the range as soon as we get them.
Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
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Not Appealing.... Could have been presented better... Try out the parking facilities of mobitairportparking.co.uk and travell with finesse.
What i'm about to say is not interesting>>>> I reckon they took these photos behind the Evans warehouse at Gatwick.
Slightly retro look? Hipsters will love it. I bet he upscales to a super-bike in the next 12 - 18months.
H is for Hipster
Yuk.
Not the best looking road bike out there but will certainly like a closer look when it hits the market.
Liking the understated logos, grey on grey although the underlined/overlined H looks a bit college (American) Football.
Rear end comfort, front end stifness is wrong to me. I can take my ass off the seat, I can't take my hands of the bars...
It's an XL (60cm) equivalent bike shown there.
Details aren't all finalised yet. The HT on this bike is maybe 10mm longer than some pro race bikes and 10mm shorter than others, for an equivalent frame size + reach. Forks can vary 5, even 10mm by type for a race bike and a lot more for other road-type bikes, so overall front stack is normal.
Like the seatstay design and colour scheme seems vaguely inspired by Ritte Bosberg, which is one of my fave bikes.
A lot better looking than the Boardmans, IMO - I know they're excellent bikes but hate all the decals. And don't even start me on the Pendleton bikes...
Looks OK to me but nothing special. It's going to have to compete in a very crowded market and, as jimc101 says, Hoy is not exactly known for road work.
Right about the headtube, my Salsa Vaya's is shorter, and I though that had a long one. Still not sure what the connection to road cycling and the Hoy name is; as he isn't well known for anything other than track work.
It doesn't look very racey; the head tube is mahoosively long and the fork 'looks' very laid back to me. No doubt it will go quick with Sir Chris Hoy on it. Any track frames in the offing?
Not for me thanx ugly
So not a track bike then?
That looks pretty damn sweet..
is that the Madison Genesis team colours???
Going by what we've seen to date, they're more turquoise than blue and more orange than red.
Oh, and they'll be riding Genesis bikes.