by wheelsONfire on Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:08 pm
maquisard wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:55 am
Engineering design converges around an optimum solution. if it was optimum then other frame manufacturers would be copying it. They aren't.
I think it's a bit more complicated. Pinarello have a design language which i believe they can't let go of. They would cut off their own legs.
At same time this typical style has been copied, but not by many. As you say yourself, it's not copied by many and it probably isn't because it might not have any proven benefits at same time the shapes (like them or hate them), are simply to much Pinarello.
I don't expect many big brand names would like to go down that lane. It's easier to copy, borrow or being heavily influenced with more typical shapes as most bikes today look so similar. The more unique styled are harder to copy if you care about the fact that all will see and probably say - COPY!!!
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wheelsONfire on Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:12 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Bikes:
Ax Lightness Vial EVO Race (2019.01.03)
Open *UP* (2016.04.14)
Paduano Racing Fidia (kind of shelved)
Ex bike; Vial EVO D, Vial EVO Ultra, Scott Foil, Paduano ti bike.