A bicycle of course. Well that’s what Cannondale reckon anyway, although sadly there’s a disappointing lack of afterburners or aerofoils on their new Concept Stealth bike, on show at Eurobike last week. Whatever, it is certainly different, and it does have some of the “edgy” design elements of both the Lamborghini Reventón and the Stealth fighter from which Cannondale’s designers took their inspiration. Well, it’s got a lot of edges, which to be fair is what Cannondale mean. The flat edges on the Stealth Fighter help it stay invisible to radar, we’re guessing that any radar invisibility benefits on the Cannondale are going to be spoilt by not-so-radar-invisible rider sitting on it, but you never know… 
Aside from the cutting edge (there I go again) frame the Concept Stealth also features some fairly eye-catching componentry for a flat bar commuter bike. The mono blade fork is something of a signature item for Cannondale, it features on many of their mountain bikes and on the BadBoy street bike, as do disc brakes, but the integrated stem and seat collar are pretty unique features – certainly on a bike of this type. The display bike at Eurobike was claimed to weigh a fairly feathery 8.6Kg (18.9lb) and it was a decent sized frame too. So it should probably give a Lambo a run for its money on city streets too. We look forward to riding one.
What do you get when you cross a stealth fighter with Lamborghini?
First Published: Sep 11, 2008
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Zooming in on the finish line photo here it looks fairly obvious that his left lever is bent more inwards than the right, do you have a link to the clearer picture you mention? In any case, as MDF sagely points out, there's no way to tell from a picture whether one shifter is a couple of millimeters farther in than the other, enough to breach the rules if they were at the limit before the crash.
Take my word for it, the riders that pay me big fat fees are all whiter than white. Obviously, all those riders years ago were liars. But no one these days is, everything's so much better now. Maybe the above is true. But as was learned 15/20 years ago the methods of "cheating" always have and always will change/improve. If the sport is to be credible new tools to prove it are required. Dismissing the hunt for the truth by just expecting us to take the word of sports agents who are very interested parties in keeping the game rolling is a joke.
Filters? As long as they're modal filters I'm all for it! (Been quietly for that all the time, just like ... many UK LAs in fact https://therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2022/10/filtering-1980s.html?m=1 )
It still seems to be letting others post bilge - like stuff about how no-one ever uses cycle lanes, for example - so the quality filter clearly still needs some adjustment.
I hear you, spangly. Can advise that were you considering buying a winter jacket out of normal winter jacket buying season, this will still be a really good winter jacket next time winter rolls around.
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The problem with providing this content in autumn is that a winter jacket needs to be tested in the winter.
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2 thoughts on “What do you get when you cross a stealth fighter with Lamborghini?”
I like it
That looks remarkable, like a TT bike at the front end. I am a huge fan of the heavily styled look and the enormous effort that’s gone into it. But surely this is a “pure” concept bike. No-one is actually going to want the minor performance benefits in an overly-expensive (NB not necessarily overpriced) commuting bike are they?
re: i like it
yes, the front end reminded me of the BMC Time Machine and the new Argon 18 TT bike. Be interesting to know whether this one is a goer – think I’ll ask. As to whether anybody would pay? S’pose that depends how high the price is, but I remember when Cannondale brought in the BadBoy Ultra a few years back, at what seemed an outrageous price at the time, they didn’t seem to have any trouble shifting them. And these days commuting bikes there is much more of a market for high end commuter bikes. Fair dos though the BadBoy Ultralite was a very versatile machine