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Storck Aston martin 1.jpgStorck team up with Aston Martin for limited run of Fascenario.3 bikes
Apart from the lack of ejector seat and built-in machine guns, it's a bike the most famous fictional Aston Martin aficionado would approve of - the Storck Fascenario.3 x Aston Martin has a nanocarbon frame weighing just 770g, and is finished in a swish paintjob that Storck have dubbed Argentum Nero.
Review: Storck Fascenario.3 Platinum
Most expensive bikes at Eurobike 2017
Like 007, Storck's founder Marcus Storck is into his Aston Martins as well, so initially teamed up with the brand's bespoke team to work on their 'One of Seven' project (presumably why 107 of the bikes have been made) to showcase cars built with carbon fibre. This led to Storck's meeting with Aston Martin's EVP and Chief Creative Officer Marek Reichman, who together decided to make a bike together too. The result was "the ultimate evolution of the Fascenario.3" according to Aston Martin, with the full build weighing 5.9kg
The bike is dressed with a Sram Red wireless groupset, Zipp 303 NSW wheels, THM brakes and cranks and Pirelli PZero Velo tyres. The Argentum Nero piant job actually changes colour subtly depending on the light in which the bike is viewed, changing between green, grey and silver.
It's hardly surprising, but this handsome ride has a suitably handsome price tag - a whopping £15,777, even more than the €14,999 limited edition Aernario Signature that was shown off at Eurobike this summer. "I would say that this is probably the best bicycle ever built with an automotive name on it", says Marcus Storck; check out these bikes from Bianchi and Ferrari, BMC and Lamborghini and Specialized and McLaren to see if you agree...
Arriving at road.cc in 2017 via 220 Triathlon Magazine, Jack dipped his toe in most jobs on the site and over at eBikeTips before being named the new editor of road.cc in 2020, much to his surprise. His cycling life began during his students days, when he cobbled together a few hundred quid off the back of a hard winter selling hats (long story) and bought his first road bike - a Trek 1.1 that was quickly relegated to winter steed, before it was sadly pinched a few years later. Creatively replacing it with a Trek 1.2, Jack mostly rides this bike around local cycle paths nowadays, but when he wants to get the racer out and be competitive his preferred events are time trials, sportives, triathlons and pogo sticking - the latter being another long story.
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- chrisonabike 1 min 36 sec ago
The broken glass will do a good job too, but you need to pick it back out for weight benefits.
- chrisonabike 5 min 31 sec ago
And just imagine if they hadn't washed their bicycle that day!...
- Dnnnnnn 18 min 32 sec ago
I think the answer is that they don't allow "detachable fairings".
- Hirsute 59 min 18 sec ago
" Well I'm glad to see you're on the mend. "
- mattw 1 hour 50 min ago
That's a great idea. Thanks.
- wtjs 1 hour 50 min ago
BBC article with more details (car was black)......
- chrisonabike 3 hours 19 sec ago
Good - but don't forget the several hundred other cyclists travelling each hour, adapted cycles etc. How about "we've taken 1.5m each side for...
- Secret_squirrel 3 hours 44 min ago
About the handlebar. It looks like there is plenty of space either side of the stem to for a GPS mount?...
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Lets be honest, it's a massive boast with wheels.
Looks like the deformed offspring of a Dogma and an Ultimate cf slx...
No discs? Lame.
Is it better than my old Mixte? It's lightweight, fun to ride and saved from the scrap heap. Two new tyres, some new grease in the bearings and some new cables, cost around £15. Even the chain didn't need replacing.
Probably not. Much like an Aston is actually no better at doing car things than a 20 yr old VW Golf.
The important thing is that it must feel better.
I would imagine this is a great way for some senior people at Aston to get some nice shiny new bikes and a bit of PR. Just saying.
I had a Porsche Bike R, they were designed by Storck and pretty funky, oversized downtube and a frame that was like an inverse GT. The paintwork was quite unusual, matt deep purple but had an untypical texture to it.
It'd be nice to have a ride out on this but the frame is only 20g lighter than a 2014/15 Scott Addict which builds up with bloated DA mechanical to 5.8kg with nothing swish so the weight is not exactly a USP.
An essential purchace.
"I would say that this is probably the best bicycle ever built with an automotive name on it", says Marcus Storck.
Odd thing to say. You'd think, Aston Martin being Aston Martin, he'd rather it was "I would say that this is
probablythe best bicycle ever builtwith an automotive name on it".Why aim low? If I was going in to partnership with Storck to produce a limited edition bicycle for target clients where money really is no problem, I'd take it as my one opportunity to produce the best bicycle ever. Period. Wouldn't you?
I suppose the average AM buyer is actually quite traditional, and would not be drawn to something more innovative, like the Factor Vis Vires or the new 3T 1x11 thingy, or even a Dogma F10... it needs to be something a MAMIL could ride without needing a chiropractor.
Factor did build the Factor Aston Martin 177 superbike a while ago, for £25k.
http://factorbikes.com/the-aston-martin-one-77-bicycle-if-james-bond-was...
It looks a good deal more interesting than the Storck, albeit reviews weren't that great, if I recall.
You're spot on there. 'Innovation' doesn't equate to 'the best' anyway. The Factor was an experiment. A perfect contemporary expression of an elegant bicycle would do the trick. I think this Storck is fabulous.
Actually, had it been me, I'd have gone for a classically-styled titanium frame, Super Record EPS, Lightweight wheels etc. But they didn't ask me
A road bike chase scene has been sadly, but perhaps unsurprisingly lacking in Bond films...
Bond slid to a halt outside the Casino, before elegantly dismounting his carbon steed and nonchalantly rolling his Storck to a waiting doorman.
Moments later, as he relaxed on the balcony, Natalya ran her hands around his lycra clad shoulders "Come to bed, James"
"not now darling, I have to check my Strava data"....
Meanwhile M was rejoicing at finally understanding why the transportation costs had risen despite the Bond bike allocation; after seeing Bond’s Strava records for Windsor.
No Machine guns, I'm not buying it then