Paris-Brest-Paris with M5 Recumbents! |
August 14th, 2007 |  |
 During the upcoming Paris-Brest-Paris race from August 20 to 24 2007 a large number of people will participate on an M5 recumbent. During this non-stop monster trip quite a lot of riders will use our latest model, the M5 Carbon High Racer.Participants from our region (Zeeland, the south west of the Netherlands) are Mr. J. Bouman from Goes (age 65 plus) with an M5 City Cruiser/Tail Bag, Perry Stoel from Grijpskerke with an M5 Carbon High Racer/Tail Fairing and Rob Stricker from Zoutelande with an M5 CrMo Shock Proof 559 and Tijmen Hoeven, at the moment living in Zaandam, with an M5 Carbon High Racer/Tail Bag combination. Also worth mentioning is the Australian participant Andrew Heard, who already was preparing for this PBP for three years. During his holiday in England M5 Titanium Shock Proof 451 was stolen ... To compensate his loss a little, we decided to offer him an identical replacement to enable him to participate after all. Other participants are also supported with things like fast wheels and/or Tailfairing to reach a better placement. | ||
Vikingtour 2007 |
August 9th, 2007 | |
Stefan Vanlerberghe on behalf of M5 on a High Racer | ||
) Stefan Vanlerberghe from Belgium did participate for M5 in the Viking Tour 2007 in Norway and did also very good going up the mountains. During the Vikingtour not the whole trip is timed, but only certain parts of it. Unfortunately the parts which are most suitable for recumbents weren't... Nevertheless Stefan managed to get the best out of it, also during steep climbing.Also check Vikingtour.no | ||
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Recent test data confirm that the M5 cranksets are of outstanding quality. |
May 29th, 2007 | |
) A professional racer is able to produce 800 Newton over a period of ten seconds. The cranks have been tested during 6,700,000 cycles with a power of 800 Newton, increased to a full 5,400 Newton! The cranks endured this extreme test superb!Two measurements have been implemented with stretch strips. The positions of them can be seen on the small pictures at the bottom.
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New version carbon tubular rims |
April 13th, 2007 | |
) The T38 and T50 version now have an embedded reinforcement, made from an aluminium extrusion profile. Every spoke has an extra support by an elliptical aluminium bowl shape, entirely embedded in the carbon rim. | ||
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Brake shoe casings further optimized |
March 27th, 2007 | |
) 4.5 grammes, that's the weight of the latest version of our brake shoe casings. Established by lowering the casings. | ||
New full carbon seat mounting for M5 Carbon High Racer ready! |
March 14th, 2007 | |
) To offer a maximum choice in available seat angles, we now have a third type carbon seat support for the Carbon High Racer. This new ultra light weight carbon component has been manufactured with a fourfold steel mould. | ||
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Lightweight brake not only on recumbents |
February 22nd, 2007 | |
) The M5 lightweight brake also looks good on this bike from Poshbike! Also check poshbikes.com | ||
TiCa Low Racer receives Honorable Mention at election European Bike of the Year |
February 19th, 2007 | |
And we didn't even subscribe for participation! | ||
 Bentrider Online about the Honorable Mention of our TiCa Low Racer:By rewarding M5's new titanium and carbon fiber iteration of its venerable Low Racer, we're actually honoring M5 for all of the innovation they've shown this year. They've introduced everything from ultra-light brakes to carbon fiber forks and hubs. They're lightweight parts are even starting to show up on some very high-end road bikes. Congrats to Bram Moens and continue pushing the envelope in 2007! | ||
T-50 rim with M5 straight pull hub |
February 17th, 2007 | |
) T-50 rim with Sapim CX Ray black aero spokes and M5 20 holes straight pull hubNicely visible are the distinctive uni directional carbon fibres at the sides and the carbon fabric for the re-enforced brake and spoke hole areas. | ||
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M5 lightweight hubs |
February 9th, 2007 | |
Light weight front and rear hubs with flange | ||
| (Pictures will follow later) General The newly developed light weight hubs are both fully built from alu 7075-T6. The hubs are like our lightweight crankset constructed according to the FEM method. For an extra price both the front and rear hub can be equipped with ceramic bearings. There's no body weight limitation for the hubs.Available with body which fits Shimano or Campagnolo Front hub The new M5 front hub with flange only weighs 33 grammes. Available with 16, 20 or 24 holes. Assemblingwidth is 100 mm. Rear hub Another sample of "light and yet stiff": the M5 rear hub of 167 grammes. Available with 20,24 or 28 holes. The axle is 15 mm in diameter and has quadruple bearings. Additional advantage is that the whole hub system has become more stiff because the left bearing is situated as close as possible to the left dropout. Assemblingwidth: 130 or 135 mm. Flangewidth: 56 mm. When ceramic bearings are used, the weight is reduced to 159 grammes! | ||
M5 lightweight front hub: € 78.51 M5 lightweight front hub with ceramic bearings: € 119.83 M5 lightweight rear hub with: € 205.79 M5 lightweight rear hub with ceramic bearings: € 288.43 | ||
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