[/caption]Some bikes stand out from the crowd - this is one of them - hand made in France, woven from a single carbon filament on the oiled thighs of sophisticated French socialites, and painstakingly assembled in Michael Jackson's used Hyperbaric chamber, ok possibly some slight exaggeration but there is no doubting that the TIME RXR is one very special bike.
Time frames are indeed manufactured by hand in Lyon and are actually woven from a single filament.
The carbon weaving loom that takes a single filament and creates the 'sock' that's seen in the next shot.
Carbon 'sock' one long continous seam free tube - incredibly strong and lighter than a light thing - on an Atkins diet.
The sock is then pulled over a hard waxed mandrel placed into a heavy alloy casing and then pressure bled, by hand, with the resin (The RTM system) prior to autoclaving. each individual frame piece is then hand dresed with carbon paste before assembly and hand spraying.
This process produces one of the few repairable carbon frames and results in works of art like this.
The RXR is the Ultimate incarnation of this craft and we have one in the shop (well two actually) but the red one is available either as a complete bike at £5995 or as a frame module at £2375 (RRP is £3299) - The frame is a new 2009 module in medium, it has been built and test ridden hence the massive saving over new price.
The medium frame has a 56cm top tube with a 166mm head tube. So what do you want for Christmas?
