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July 10th, 2021 |  |
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Minimal Bike on tour in Museum of Design Atlanta, USA<br /> |
April 18th, 2021 | |
As well on line from April 22nd up to July 25th, 2021 | ||
) visit: www.museumofdesign.org | ||
From Hungary to Kanam Monastery (Tibet) |
February 1st, 2021 | |
Including winterbiking in Afghanistan | ||
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Diz4-UnDo | ||
Tremendous long distance race from M5 Carbon High Racer customer |
October 11th, 2020 | |
) US customer Zachary Lerner finished 6th out of nearly 1000 riders (all ages/sex etc.) in the Texas Distance Challenge, a race of 3612 miles (5813km, identical to the circumference of Texas)..... | ||
M5 full Carbon road- and track tandems, UCI legal |
January 26th, 2020 | |
) Road tandem (here still with standard handlebar in the rear)In addition to the M5 recumbent bicycles, the 2-Spoke wheel (fastest wheel in the world) and the Minimal Bike, M5 has been designing and building tandems since 2018 for road and track commissioned by KNWU ( the National Dutch Bicycle Federation). The specially produced carbon prepreg tubes are made in the autoclave by the van Beurden Technics company in Tilburg. The aluminum molds for the pipes were milled by Sturm Machine Parts in Serooskerke. All in all a 100% Dutch product! After a fairly intensive manufacturing period, we can rightly say that the carbon tubes fall into the space quality category. The very first tubes were produced using the vacuum bag method in the oven. Also good but a maximum of 0.9 Bar pressure ... I now dare to state that the tubes can easily withstand a truck traveling over it. Photos to follow! All other components such as the 100% full carbon rear drop outs, rear and seat stays, steering head tubes and also the time trial handlebars are designed and produced in-house. During World Cup competitions in September 2019, these tandems were by far the first in time trial. Some additional information about the forces that are released when riding a tandem versus a solo bicycle .... When a wheel rotates at a speed of for example 50 km and hits a pit with a weight twice as large because it's a tandem, the forces that come up are not 2 times, but 8 times as big !! Think of that while only using two spokes .... Price and delivery time on request | ||
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M5 Carbon High Racer with the worlds lightest (1.7 kg) electrical support, and that is including battery |
October 9th, 2019 | |
) For a customer in Switzerland with a few steep routeson his commuting traject, M5 built a super-light Carbon High Racer with electrical support from the German brand Velogical on the rear wheel. Total bike weight still less then 12.5 kg. (28 lbs)Including the Carbon Top Bag of 21 ltr The battery is hidden in one or more drink bottles. Everything really runs free during propulsion switched off The two super compact electric motors can even function under water.. | ||
Adrian Voegeli made it in 7 weeks from Switzerland to the North Cape on his M5 Carbon High Racer! |
September 20th, 2019 | |
) Already snow there.... | ||
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Short art trip to south of Norway |
July 6th, 2019 | |
It is time for our own cycling tour in the mountains... | ||
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Jaap Bouman (77) with his M5 Carbon High Racer: succeeded all long distance brevets to start at the non-stop Paris-Brest-Paris tour of 1250 km |
May 29th, 2019 | |
) Jaap Bouman in front of M5 building and with his M5 Carbon High Racer which includes the Tail Bag 21Coming August 2019 it's there again: the event that returns every four years in France where around 6000! ultra long distance bicyclists from all over the world are starting.Twelve and eight years ago Jaap also took part in this and finished within the time limit, but now the challenge is of course even bigger with these extra years. A big difference, apart from the age, is the bike that he rode compared to the one he uses now. In 2007 it was a full Cr-Mo steel M5 Shock Proof which weighed more then 18 kg despite to the large and rather heavy luggage compartment, now it is a fully lightweight M5 Carbon High Racer with a starting weight of just over 9 kg. The bike is further adapted for the ultra-long trips with the very light Carbon Tail Bag which just hits 600 grams. Lighter than a bag, but due to its shape, it ensures 12 heart beats less at the same speed: profit on long journeys! By choosing this bike, Jaap has increased his average speed by as much as 5-6 km. His cruising speed is still around 26 to 27 km ( 16 a 17 mph) per hour. Latest contribution to gain even more time is the implementation of the record breaking M5 2- Spoke wheel. No more worries for loose spokes as well. A second major difference with 12 years ago is the support he receives from his remote trainer Robert Carlier: also practising as long distance cyclist, M5 customer and currently working as a physiotherapist in Oslo. Following his training methods Jaap has progressed amazingly despite aging and loss of muscle mass due to his age. To finish Paris-Brest-Paris successfully, participants must be returned within 90 hours.We will keep you informed, but just achieving the qualification is of course an achievement in itself with this age. | ||
Multiple Paralympic- and World Champion Jetze Plat crushed the former worldhourrecord for handbiking with almost 3 km to an astonishing 44.749 km |
March 17th, 2019 | |
Happy the 2-SPOKE wheels could contribute to this... | ||
) In the velodrome of Alkmaar, no fewer than 400 people cheered Jetze Plat in a really flat race crushing the existing record by almost 3 km ... Almost 180 laps were driven in the hour with a lapse of 0.1 second maximum. This is really unprecedented, even for a top athlete. His output was around 250 watts. Knowing this we can state that Jetze, with his arms only, overrules about 90% of the population who use LEG POWER instead... | ||
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