Serotta new model Friday?

[scooter01]

Isn't friday the Sunflower auction? Will this be the day for the intro of the new model? What will it be? All carbon? maybe a new cross?
My thoughts are that it will still be a road bike, not a cross or MB.
Based on absolutley nothing.
Has any "new" info on this secret model come forward?

Hey, Alexis any hints this final week??

[dirtdigger88]

maybe a luged steel frame. . . wait. . .nevermind

Jason

[BumbleBeeDave]

Ottrott Tricycle.

BBD

[Kevin]

A lugged CSI

Kevin

[Bill Bove]

My guess. All carbon with carbon lugs or maybe as Bruce K has opined, intrictley cut Ti lugs on all carbon bike like the fancy Merlins and IF's, could be...

[Ginger]

I didn't think the new model was going to be announced until September...

[dbrk]

I think it's bound to be another expensive one, either all carbon (though how Serotta will lay up with carbon lugs offering enough of their custom options is beyond me...so perhaps the first all-carbon bike will have...shutter...only limited custom options and stock sizes...now wouldn't that be a terrible idea...{more shuttering...}...{I'll stop being facetious now... at least for a few sentences...} or it will be, as Bill says, with customized titanium lugs/sleeves like Merlin and IF.

A friend of mine has the notion that the next bike might offer basically a steel Ottrott, that is, where the lugs are steel, sort of Lemond-ish/Seven's already done that sorta'thing thing. This would lower the price point and if they went with the Nove tubing still more. Now we might see a screw and glue for less than 3K for the frame {more facetiousness deleted here...}. This sort of "Atlanta" of carbon would make sense given the archaic prospects of steel. I would also look for the demise of the CIII and the only steel being the CdA. Why? Margins!

My predictions mean less than nothing, of course.

[Tom]

and my brother produces carbon molds for the glass blowers at his company on one of those things.... CNC the carbon lugs, maybe? Methinks you could do just about anything.

Simon Pearce himself was leading some people around the plant one day and my brother appeared all covered in carbon dust... Pearce introduces his plant manager to these people, Theo shakes hands all around... everybody now has black hands like the old binoculars prank.

[Bill Bove]

I don't know Doug, bonding steel to carbon is not as effective as Ti to carbon so I don't think it'll be a steel/carbon Otrott type bike. My preference would be an aluminum/carbon Nove but my desires are worth as much as your opinion. I think the CIII is safe, it's relatively easy and inexspensive to build, I could see them limiting it and the CDA to stock sizes though to free up the staff to concentrate on more profitable models.

[victoryfactory]

I asked Ben at the open house if we would be seeing an all carbon
Serotta soon and he replied with a funny smile which I took to mean "yes"
But then again, it was after that famous 42 mile 90 degree ride.

VF

[Bruce K]

The website says the raffle ends in late September.

So far, no mention of the new bike. EVERYONE is being quite circumspect when you ask about the dream bike.

Time will tell.

If anything is said or shown at Sunflower Revolution, I SWEAR I will take some digipix and post them.

BK

[Fixed]

custom carbon with glue and carbon luggs my guess.

[Ginger]

The unveiling and drawing will take place on September 28, 2005. Winner will be notified by telephone. You do not have to be present to win, the custom-fitted bicycle will be delivered through a local participating Serotta dealer anywhere in the United States.

[Smiley]

I don't think they will eliminate Ti lugs , its what they do well with . I don't think they will eliminated the Ti chain Stays , too many dropped chains to mess up carbon . I think we see a Carbon seat tube ( even though they said that the seat tube is not important to be carbon in the past ) and maybe a really nice carbon head tube . Shucks did Trek do this 20 years ago . Yes but its a Serotta and Ben never claimed to do things first just do things better . Thats where my money's is . Also to make carbon lugs you got to work with resins and right now Serotta is not set up to work with this mess from an enviromental stand point . Thats why they let Reynolds build all their forks to the point that they don't even glue in the drop outs .

CSI ...what , my deposit is in on the new model cause it sounds tres sexy

[Bruce K]

Deposit ?!?!?!!!!

What about raffle tickets?

Not that I want lots of competition in the raffle, BUT, it is for the Davis Phinney Foundation, so, the more the merrier.

I actually do hope they sell every blessed ticket available. That would be VERY cool for the DPF.

BK