Those spoilsports in Switzerland ensured Mike Burrows' 1997 creation still looks kind of futuristic even today
, and both tore up the conventional bicycle design book of the time.
Unfortunately, the radical design and the speed of the Lotus shocked the UCI so much that they brought in new technical rules that outlawed the design, ensuring that all bikes developed since retain the classic double diamond appearance of a road bike. In 1996 - and unfortunately for Giant, just before the release of the MCR - the UCI unleashed Principle 1.3 on the world to set this in stone, ensuring future bikes of the peloton remained roughly in double diamond form.
While it does look rather similar to the Lotus bike, the single-leg fork and single chainstay were replace with more conventional parts so a groupset and brakes could be fitted for riding on the road. It’s a heavy bike by today’s standards, with a claimed 9.9kg complete weight when specced with the Ultegra groupset and carbon spoked wheels, also designed by Mike Burrows. It cost £2,000 in 1997, which would be around £3,748 in today's money., and we managed to speak briefly with one of those proud owners.
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