Post by ksm on Oct 30, 2019 22:53:04 GMT -5
As a cyclist myself, I'm especially excited about this!
Are Hope and Lotus working on a Lotus 110 for the 2020 Olympics?
by Andi Sykes October 22, 2019 11:02 am
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Hope Technology and Lotus Engineering have announced that they will be working together on future projects and we wonder if a new Lotus 110 could be one of them?
Cracking open the old email inbox this morning revealed a press release from a PR company working for Lotus Engineering and Hope Technology telling us about a coming collaboration. In true style press release style, the email doesn’t actually go into much detail and simply tells us what we already know about the 2 brands, but it doesn’t take much of an imagination to have a guess at what the collaboration could be.
Chris Boardman on the legendary Lotus 108.
Although we’re all fans of off-road cycling, I don’t think there is anyone reading this post that hasn’t heard of the legendary Lotus Type 108. The 108 project was started in the late 80’s by Mike Burrows with a final bike eventually being raced during the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona where Chris Boardman won the 4000m pursuit and even set a new world record. From that moment on the Type 108 became a cult classic and a celebrity in its own right.
The publicity garnered by the 108 proved to Lotus that there was the possibility of producing and selling it to the public. This production bike became the Lotus 110.
The first Hope Bike.
If we fast forward to a few years ago then you might remember that another legendary British brand started to dabble in carbon fibre production. Hope Technology, a brand best known for British made CNC’d products, kicked off production of the HB160 enduro bike, followed by the HB130 this year and a collection of carbon components too.
Now, with the 2020 Olympics just around the corner, and these two brands announcing a partnership it doesn’t take much to imagine that Hope Technology could be manufacturing a modern carbon Lotus 110 using current manufacturing methods and technology.
Not only could a modern version of the Lotus 110 frame be more advanced, lighter, and stiffer, the components hanging off the frame could be custom made by Hope to make the most of new technology, for improved performance and aerodynamics.
I have already reached out to Geely, the Chinese brand which owns Lotus, to see if they can confirm any of the details and we will also be in touch with Hope to see if they can shed any light on the project too.
In the meantime, the official press release is pasted below, and the comments section is open for you guy’s to speculate with us.
Are Hope and Lotus working on a Lotus 110 for the 2020 Olympics?
by Andi Sykes October 22, 2019 11:02 am
singletrackworld.com/2019/10/hope-tech-lotus-110-2020-olympics/?fbclid=IwAR3n0po096vqVG9WOTH5WNaKiQYGasnGfpgwawGTt4Bs9lss3vB05rCJr4g
Hope Technology and Lotus Engineering have announced that they will be working together on future projects and we wonder if a new Lotus 110 could be one of them?
Cracking open the old email inbox this morning revealed a press release from a PR company working for Lotus Engineering and Hope Technology telling us about a coming collaboration. In true style press release style, the email doesn’t actually go into much detail and simply tells us what we already know about the 2 brands, but it doesn’t take much of an imagination to have a guess at what the collaboration could be.
Chris Boardman on the legendary Lotus 108.
Although we’re all fans of off-road cycling, I don’t think there is anyone reading this post that hasn’t heard of the legendary Lotus Type 108. The 108 project was started in the late 80’s by Mike Burrows with a final bike eventually being raced during the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona where Chris Boardman won the 4000m pursuit and even set a new world record. From that moment on the Type 108 became a cult classic and a celebrity in its own right.
The publicity garnered by the 108 proved to Lotus that there was the possibility of producing and selling it to the public. This production bike became the Lotus 110.
The first Hope Bike.
If we fast forward to a few years ago then you might remember that another legendary British brand started to dabble in carbon fibre production. Hope Technology, a brand best known for British made CNC’d products, kicked off production of the HB160 enduro bike, followed by the HB130 this year and a collection of carbon components too.
Now, with the 2020 Olympics just around the corner, and these two brands announcing a partnership it doesn’t take much to imagine that Hope Technology could be manufacturing a modern carbon Lotus 110 using current manufacturing methods and technology.
Not only could a modern version of the Lotus 110 frame be more advanced, lighter, and stiffer, the components hanging off the frame could be custom made by Hope to make the most of new technology, for improved performance and aerodynamics.
I have already reached out to Geely, the Chinese brand which owns Lotus, to see if they can confirm any of the details and we will also be in touch with Hope to see if they can shed any light on the project too.
In the meantime, the official press release is pasted below, and the comments section is open for you guy’s to speculate with us.