2014 Merida rides a new racing machine that was created for pro teams and very ambitious riders to succeed especially on long tours. The strengths of a time trial machine and a classic racer should be united here.
by Rolf Fleckenstein
With the step into the Pro Tour business with its own team LAMPRE-MERIDA, Taiwan's second largest bicycle manufacturer has also imposed a major obligation on itself to deliver absolute top bikes. In order to further increase the chances of TEAM LAMPRE-MERIDA, they went to great lengths to design a racing bike that would best meet the requirements of the Pro Tour. The result is the new, aerodynamically shaped "REACTO EVO", which combines the advantages of a time trial machine with those of a classic racer.
Wind slippage versus stiffness
The wind tunnel, which had already been used in the development of the Time Warp time trial machine, was also used in the design. Based on the Time Warp, the tube profiles were built very similarly, the components that are in the wind, such as the head tube, down tube, seat tube and fork blades were provided with NACA Fastback profiles. The advantage of this design is that...
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