British and European 'Lo Profile Aero' Bikes

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A thread for those 'out there' aero plinths that riders sit on for short distance/maximum effort time trials.

First up Gitane's Concept bike for Laurent Fignon designed and built by the French frame building masters at Maxi Sport.

 

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A nice Argos from back in the day

 

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Anther very nice Aende

 

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The Chairman and Managing Director of Ti Raleigh Industries from 1974-1981 Ian Phillips's Super Aero 753 Roadster. Built with super aerodynamic lo profile tubing Ian could travel vast distances through the huge Raleigh site in a flash arriving ready to take on the board meeting completely unflustered

 

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My Bates that I raced on from 86-90 in Scotland & did my PB’s on

 

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Pink anodised chainring - a nice touch

 

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Pink anodised chainring - a nice touch

Copper Plated

 

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Copper Plated
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I can imagine that would not have been cheap...

 

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On its own expensive but with other bits manageable as the expensive is in the prepping.