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NAHBS 2013: Festka’s Crowd-Funded Zero Lugged Carbon Road Bike Gets Real, Plus Shiny Track Discs!

Festka Rocket Wheels full disc track bike wheels on a steel bicycle frame
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There was simply no missing Czech builder Festka’s Rocket Wheels. It is a full carbon disc tubular track wheel, made for 19mm or 23mm wheels depending on how you’ll use them. The carbon layers are laid up differently based on the rider, so they’re full custom. Weights start as light as 790g for the front wheel.

They’re mounted on a Columbus Zona steel frame with chrome finish and silver welds. The complete bike would run about $10,000.

Festka Rocket Wheels full disc track bike wheels on a steel bicycle frame

If you think this one’s bright, cover your eyes and read on for the day glow pink Zero…

Festka Zero custom lugged carbon fiber road bike gets through crowd funding and in production

The Zero is a bike we’ve covered before as it entered a crowd funding program. We’re happy to say the campaign was successful and now that they’re home from the show, they’re going into production. Called Projekt 200 because they only had 200 full custom frames available through the deal, it’s offered on three different tube sets depending on intended use.

Festka Zero custom lugged carbon fiber road bike gets through crowd funding and in production

Besides being their first lugged carbon model, it sets itself apart with the use of cork inside the tubes in key sections to damp vibration. Check this post for pricing and some specs.

Festka Zero custom lugged carbon fiber road bike gets through crowd funding and in production

Fibers are oriented at absolutely 0° to increase stiffness, then over wrapped with a cross weave to make it torsionally strong.

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Richard
Richard
11 years ago

Glad to see them getting some coverage. I decided to take the plunge on one of the Projekt 200 frames and am now eagerly awaiting the build… I’m still, as yet, undecided on the pink however…

Mr. P
11 years ago

Glaringly awesome!

P

The Goats
11 years ago

It’s great to see these guys at NAHBS, this year and last, some cool ideas and an odd flair!

Cool,

Goats

WV Cycling
WV Cycling
11 years ago

I like people seeing if they can reduce vibration by filling tubes with stuff. Seriously.

I’m trying to get my physics/engineering buddy who wants to build a frame to do a study on how vibration is affected when a steel tubeset is coated with plastidip (or something similar) on the inside.

Seraph
Seraph
11 years ago

I think you mean “…made for 19mm or 23mm tires…” not “wheels.”

InsightTree
InsightTree
11 years ago

Carbon laid up at Absolute Zero? The point at which all quantum excitation ceases? Really?

Alex
Alex
11 years ago

@InsightTree – no, not really. 0 degrees refers to the longitudinal axis of the tube – the fibers are essentially in line with the tube and then, according to the caption, they put an angled (“bias”) wrap over the top of the unidirection fibers to get torsional properties. That’s what the article says, but in reality a tube in a truss is either in tension or compression. In compression, a pure unidirectional tube could buckle, so the bias wrap is really just their to keep the unidirectional fibers from buckling.

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