Re: Steelnovo… Columbus’ tube shaping (more than just ovals) is innovative, even if that’s somewhat an aesthetic as much as technical motivator. Hard to know how much non-oval tube shaping improves characteristics versus oval/squished. Colnago isn’t ashamed to admit that aesthetics are an important differentiator for their brand.
3D printed stainless lugs/joiners are very innovative. Getting a glimpse of that manufacturing process, and the grouping of 4 bikes’ worth of lugs on one plate, is a real treat. 3D printing has become a major topic in mechanical engineering curriculums… it’s the pointed tip of the innovation spear. Agreed they didn’t elaborate enough on why the steel fork concept was deemed insufficient… but given their close collab with tubing and 3D printing partners, it seems fair to say that it was earnestly attempted. I tend to think weight might have been a driving factor… but the mechanical engineer in me would relish hearing more about the discovered limitations. The best enthusiast-oriented media houses today (whether discussing cycling tech, mechanical wrist watches, or whatnot) have become excellent outsourced media houses for the brands. Interesting evolution of the roles of media. On Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 2:48:51 PM UTC-7 J J wrote: > Thanks for sending, Steve. Great BikeSnob piece. > > Yesterday I happened to watch GCN's new video > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKFledinDUQ> introducing the Colnago > Steelnovo. Interesting video on its own terms. It's cool to see > manufacturing processes in action. I still don't understand why they > ditched the steel fork in favor of the carbon fork. They didn't explain > that well. > > Anyway, what was funny about the video was how they framed the "return to > steel" bikes as some innovative, newfangled idea. > > So many ironies there.... no pun intended. > > Jim > > On Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 1:30:43 PM UTC-5 steve...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> >> >> https://bikesnobnyc.com/2024/11/21/be-steel-my-heart/ >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8d9010c1-0f2e-482c-828d-10ae469ac1c6n%40googlegroups.com.
