BC reveals the bike that it hopes will power riders to medals in Paris this summer
PARIS 85 DAYS TO GO
The bike that Team GB’s athletes will hope to ride to glory at this summer’s Paris Olympics was launched on Monday.
The latest incarnation of the Hope-Lotus HBT was developed in partnership with Lotus Engineering, Renishaw, and Hope Technology, and made its debut at the Track World Championships in Glasgow last year.
However, this was used just once for homologation at last summer’s competition, before its manufacturers set to work in getting a fleet ready for Paris, which is well under 100 days away. It follows on from the success of the Tokyo track bike, also a Hope-Lotus collaboration, which saw GB’s riders win seven medals, including three golds.
The new Hope-Lotus design has the same characteristically wide seat stays as the first edition, but now features a split seat post, ribbed forks and aero-enhanced handlebars. It also comes with a 3D-printed optimised Renishaw titanium crank.
According to GB performance director Stephen Park, the “impressive machine” gives GB’s riders the “best possible platform to succeed”. He previously called it the “most advanced bike that has ever been ridden by British athletes”.
The bike’s much copied wide fork blades are designed to sit in line with a ri
