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Interbike 2008 Outdoor Demo: Delta 7 Arantix
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Interbike 2008 Outdoor Demo: Delta 7 Arantix
Want to attract attention? Try a frame that you can see straight through...

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Imagine the weight of mud it could collect...
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So it's heinously expensive, not particularly light, not particularly user friendly and not particularly strong.

 Wave of the future!

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I can see it being useful in other industries (lightweight rollbars for motorsport? Aerospace), but it seems a bit daft in cycling.

 I wouldn't want to come off it either. It may not be as cheese gratery as it looks but I still wouldn't fancy being trapped against it in an accident.

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Devils advocate for a second:

Lizard skins made custom frame socks to stop the frame getting filled with crud / mud / body parts and they are included in the price (almost seems reasonable now, doesn't it? )

This was done to prove the technology for other applications. Delta7 aren't (reportedly) expecting to sell that many of them to Cyclists.

That's it. Devils advocate moment is over.

Personally I think it's bloomin' hideous. There's a guy around here who's got one that gets maintained by my LBS and they say even close to $9k later it still has an all up weight of nearly 24lbs. Crazy. For the rich noob only.

Actually, who'll give me odds on Rock Racing using the Road Iso Truss frames next year?
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stuff platform about sums it up then.

But seriously, if the journos were breaking them it makes you wonder how much real-world testing they've done.  

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It's not all journos at Outdoor Demo, in fact we're very much in the minority. It's mostly shop staff.

  
 

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