- Frame PORSCHE RS Carbon Fibre
- Fork PORSCHE RS Carbon Fibre
- Shock None
- Drivetrain XTR (10 speed)
- Wheelset Crank Brothers Cobalt
- Brakes Magura Hydraulic Discs
- Weight 9kg
- Price £5000
- Contact Porsche Bikes
The Porsche 918 Spyder sports car is due to hit shops next year and is made fully out of Carbon Fibre…. and Porsches new Mountain/Hybrid bike combo the RS is made from it too!
The bike has a monocoque one piece frame made from carbon fibre as well as the forks, handlebars, stem and seat post. Its XTR at the back and has huge 29in Brothers Cobalt wheels too.
The powers that be reckon that the carbon fibre is able to absorb shocks so there’s no need for suspension, can’t imagine it taking part in the MTB Downhill World Cup though!
It has Magura disc brakes, looks pretty sexy and is coming in at 9lb which is dam light!
Might be more of a posers machine than anything you could seriously hammer about but with a price tag of 5 grand it might be a luxury we can probably live without.
To find out more check out www.porsche-bike.com/us/porsche-bike-rs/
Lomax
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Why would anyone want to pay £5000 (7,915.5 U$) for a carbon fiber bike of unknown origin simply because it bears the Porsche decal? Better to buy a custom made bike from a known manufacturer and add whatever decal you please.
I totally agree Stacy! I’ll stick to my Kona!
I think you’re right – it’s a poser’s bike.
Nice, but you can probably get the same or better for less than half the price.
You have to understand Porsche people to dig this bike. Imagine that you had enough money to buy an SUV that is more expensive, slower and two times uglier than a Jeep – and be proud of the purchase – that’s the kind of crazy that buys the bike above. It’s the same concept really, when you think about it. The Porsche bike is at a competitive disadvantage speed wise without shocks to a Trek mountain bike for half the price, but folks will buy it simply because it comes with the Porsche plate. Though with the slicks it seems that the idea this is something between a real mountain bike and a hybrid that will do neither well.
Engineering at its finest.
By the way, who puts their brake levers at that extreme of an angle? You sure can’t shift with a thumb from there. Crazy.
Nice post dude – totally agree!