R0Sch Posted May 5 Posted May 5 Next LEGO lifestyle display piece releasing June 1st will be a giant Road Bike with some interesting Technic pieces. Quote
howitzer Posted May 5 Posted May 5 Funny that there's something that seems to represent a derailleur, but it's static and there's just a single sprocket in the rear so no changing of gears. I'm sure a proper (functioning) derailleur is beyond what's possible with Lego but that being the case I'd have designed this bike to represent a belt-driven transmission with internal gear hub. Or just make it a proper single-speed if that's also too hard to do. Other than that it looks nice and it's nice to finally see a proper Lego bike set released, considering that beside Lego bikes are practically the only place where normal people can easily see and feel a mechanical transmission in action in real life. Quote
Timewhatistime Posted May 5 Posted May 5 (edited) The removable rear light is a great play feature. I can easily imagine the proud owner of the bike presenting to his amazed guests that this seven-piece-build can actually be detached. Once impregnable borders between model and real life increasingly vanish thanks to TLG's ingenuity. Edited May 5 by Timewhatistime Quote
R0Sch Posted May 5 Author Posted May 5 5 minutes ago, Timewhatistime said: The removable rear light is a great play feature. I can easily imagine the proud owner of the bike presenting to his amazed guests that this seven-piece-build can actually be detached. Once impregnable borders between model and real life increasingly vanish thanks to TLG's ingenuity. I find it funnier that there is no front light, just like Race Bike drivers do irl too. Quote
JunkstyleGio Posted May 5 Posted May 5 This is very interesting. The new parts for the wheel look nice, but let's wait how wobbly this is going to be. Quote
gyenesvi Posted May 5 Posted May 5 (edited) The spokes are the most interesting parts for me, I still can't really make out how they are fixed to the wheel hubs. Is it just a half pin? What allows the spokes to be tilted? Just the natural play in the frictionless parts? The end of those spokes seem to be half stud wide, it could even be a proper 11L link with towball sockets, like the 6/8 L links. Now that would be really awesome! But I'm afraid that they miss this opportunity as well.. Also, the rim sections seem to be a single piece, not two halves for the two sides, and the spokes are attached from one side, not in between two halves, as previously speculated. Edited May 5 by gyenesvi Quote
R0Sch Posted May 5 Author Posted May 5 Just grey half pins with friction in dbg. They are thin and flexible enough. You can see it at the front wheel details. Quote
Auroralampinen Posted May 5 Posted May 5 Ok, i have to say the proportions are a little bit wanky. Espessialy the handlebars are slightly too thin and the seat is slightly too small and the brake levers/gearbox shifters are slightly too bulky. I have a pelago silvo which handlebars were changed to this style and the pelago is a gravel bike and if you are curious what are the differences between this and the gravel bike here are the differences:). Road bikes are usually more lighter and slightly more aerodynamic compared to gravel bikes. Thought pelago silvo is really light weight. But special thing with pelago is that they use steel frame. No aluminium to be seen here:). Road bikes are mostly/mainly made of carbon fibre thought some gravel bikes are too made from carbon fibre. Road and gravel bikes uses the same handlebars. But my silvo was all roader gravel bike and all roader gravel bikes have straight bars not drop bars and my silvo did have bullmoose. Which i recently changed to drop bar. For better ergonomics. Road bikes have much narrower and sleeker tires than gravel bike. This is the main and the biggest differencie factor between road and the gravel bike. Road bikes are only combatible with small thin wheels. Unlike gravel bike which uses much beefier knobbier off road tires. But can also use road bike tires:). So in short. Gravel bike can work as an road bike. But there are differences at weight and aerodymanics. But main princible is almost the same. But Unlike the road bike. Gravel bikes are usually more versatile for every day riding and hauling goods from the grocery store. I don't have a car or license and pelago silvo is soo great handeling the goods and carrying a lot of cargo. Yes, silvo/bike does have it's limits. But i don't haul massive job site sement mixers or fridges or massive load of bricks to construction site every day or at all so my life with only bike and public transport is doable and it's really fun:). But over all the lego road bike is a decent model and does look great. But some areas do show the shortcomings:). Quote
howitzer Posted May 5 Posted May 5 3 hours ago, R0Sch said: I find it funnier that there is no front light, just like Race Bike drivers do irl too. It doesn't represent light, it represents reflector. Road bikes commonly have a rear reflector but no lights. Quote
Lyichir Posted May 5 Posted May 5 Brickset's article about the reveal has a partly disassembled picture that shows off more of the parts in isolation, including the gear, wheel segments, and tire: Quote
R0Sch Posted May 5 Author Posted May 5 Official page is up: https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/road-bike-11380 Quote
R0Sch Posted May 5 Author Posted May 5 (edited) New parts: 64T spur gear in lbg (9L dia) 20T spur gear with ratcheting hole in dbg 11L links with pin holes (spokes) in pearl dg Arch rim segments with pin 2 axle holes in pearl dg (12x) 30L (240mm x ~15mm) Tire racing tread (2x) Recolors: Chain Link in silver Technic Gear Shifter with Axle Hole in dbg Edited May 6 by R0Sch Quote
danth Posted May 5 Posted May 5 2 hours ago, R0Sch said: 11L links with pin holes (spokes) in pearl dg Arch rim segments with pin hole in pearl dg (12x) 30L (240mm x ~15mm) Tire racing tread (2x) Cool. Confirms what most had guessed about the wheel assemblies. Looking forward to the inevitable New Elementary article. Quote
aeh5040 Posted May 5 Posted May 5 (edited) I might be wrong but it looks to me as if the holes at the end of the spokes are slightly angled to allow for the offset - look at the shadows on the table. If so, it shows nice attention to detail, but it will limit their usefulness for anything else. Very excited about the gear and the wheel in any case! Edited May 5 by aeh5040 Quote
R0Sch Posted May 6 Author Posted May 6 So the Designer is Robert Heim, who is mainly known for the great City sets we saw in recent years. https://brickset.com/sets/designer-Robert-Heim/page-1 Quote
R0Sch Posted May 6 Author Posted May 6 18 hours ago, aeh5040 said: I might be wrong but it looks to me as if the holes at the end of the spokes are slightly angled to allow for the offset - look at the shadows on the table. If so, it shows nice attention to detail, but it will limit their usefulness for anything else. Very excited about the gear and the wheel in any case! Yes, that's why I claimed that they will be rigid material to allow for pre-tensioning. Otherwise the rims will have bad lateral and radial stability. The material used for the flex links e.g Car Transporter railing would be way too soft. Quote
Auroralampinen Posted May 7 Posted May 7 Here is the partial parts list:). https://www.lego.com/fi-fi/pick-and-build/pick-a-brick?icmp=PAB_All_Pieces&appearsIn=11380 Quote
R0Sch Posted May 7 Author Posted May 7 7 hours ago, Auroralampinen said: Here is the partial parts list:). https://www.lego.com/fi-fi/pick-and-build/pick-a-brick?icmp=PAB_All_Pieces&appearsIn=11380 Surprisingly few off-colored parts. Guess you can't hide them well if the bike has to be red, black and grey only and look good. Quote
R0Sch Posted May 10 Author Posted May 10 (edited) Who wants to bet that this will be the next bike they"ll use these rims and tires for? It's safer to hang this 25.800€ bike on the bunker wall and just play with the LEGO version, don't you think? Besides, it's not even UCI-legal so a mere display piece, just like LEGO. Edited May 10 by R0Sch Quote
R0Sch Posted May 10 Author Posted May 10 Spokes are tensioned, but the chain being loose like that is either due to too many links or a badly designed non-existing chain tensioner. As far as I can see the rear derailleur is just held by a ball joint. Could have at least added a rubber band for tensioning. Quote
Auroralampinen Posted Tuesday at 10:45 AM Posted Tuesday at 10:45 AM The chain sag is really really bad in real life on this model:/. (yes, i know this is a "toy" for "rich kids";). But still that chain sag is not accurate. In real life if the chain is that badly sagging it will snap or break and you shouldn't drive with this kind of chain sag and you should replace it immediately. I wish lego maded a chain tightener in this model that the chain doesn't sag this badly:/.). Quote
Lyichir Posted Tuesday at 02:16 PM Posted Tuesday at 02:16 PM I'd hesitate to judge until more people have it in hand. It's possible that removing chain links could reduce that issue (in fact, they could have put on too many chain links here, if they used all of the chain links including the inevitable extras). Quote
AVCampos Posted Tuesday at 02:46 PM Posted Tuesday at 02:46 PM Yes, that definitely looks like it could accommodate one or two less links without straining the chain. Quote
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