Carbon recumbent bike : road bike (28/28-26) - Carbon High Racer - M5 Ligfietsen and Handbikes
Light as a feather and super stiff: de M5 Carbon High Racer, 100 % practical and current world hourrecordholder as well...
After half a year of prepa...ration the new M5 Carbon High Racer has been presented on the annual event Cycle Vision. It's the lightest and stiffest production bike on earth! Stiffer than any comparable carbon or aluminium bike.
Good designs don't show up effortless...
Surely not when it's concerning a technical and complicated design like the latest from M5: the "full monocoque" Carbon High Racer. This high tech machine is the result of a unique combination of knowledge and experience which is not to be found at any other recumbent manufacturer anywhere in the world. 23 years of design and building experience has been culminated in this product. Add the personal racing and record experience of M5 founder Bram Moens and a new norm is born.
The M5 "Carbon High Racer" vouches for:
Comfort and ergonomics
Light running large racing wheels, low friction propulsion
Minimal seat height (48 cm / 19 inch)
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Carbon recumbent bike : road bike (28/28-26) - M-Racer - M5 Ligfietsen and Handbikes
This newest model from M5 is loyal to our philosophy: an agile, highly manoeuvrable anf comfortable bike with a shrewd geometry.
The ultimate in co...mpact frame building, resulting in ultra rigid frame
Large wheels for lowest possible rolling resistance and maximum comfort
Lowest possible seat position in combination with large wheels: seat height 41 cm/16 inch
The wheel base measures 123 cm/48.5 inch for high precision handling
3 times 2-point seat mountins for optimal seat-frame connection
Longer outer casings run through seperate thinwalled cr-mo tubes inside the main frame
M5 Recumbents' smartly-designed shape enable very compact stems compared to other brands. Keep your elbows in a highly aerodynamic "on-board" position!
M5 collected in its 28 years of innovation no less than 18 world records, which is a record in itself.
Design, manufacturing and racing have always had the highest attention at M5, resulting the the fastest bike but one*.
*) In case you're wondering: that would be the M5 Carbon Hi
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Carbon recumbent bike : road bike (28/20) - Carbon Low Racer - M5 Ligfietsen and Handbikes
The weight of a complete Carbon Low Racer is around 8,5 REAL kilogrammes.
The M5 Low Racer is no longer just the fastest bike in the world, it's als...o the lightest productionbike too. This is made possible by applying the most innovative techniques on the field of synthetic materials. For example: the special carbonmade partitions inside the frame.
To set the bike on the right lenght for the legs, the telescopic bracketpiece is glued in the main frame. The exchangeable rear drop-outs are made of aluminum. The carbon monoblade front fork only weighs 350 grammes. A special carbon front piece + handle bar is applied with a weight of just 150 grammes! Seat height 25 cm
Seat angle 19 degrees
Wheel base 143 cm
Weight from 8.7 kg
Body length from 175 cm
Front fork options Mono Blade CrMo (700 gr), titanium (570 gr) or carbon (350 gr)
Shifters SRAM Rocket 9.0
Brakes Side pull
Wheel sizes 20 inch (ETRTO 451) and 28 inch (ETRTO 622)
Wheels 18 or 36 spoke aero wheels hidden nipples, 33 mm high. Optional: 3 spoke carbon wheels
M5 Aero