Home > Bike Types > Road Bike

SOC17: Prototype Jamis TT/triathlon bike integrates bar, stem and brakes

prototype Jamis TT bike for Silber pro cycling team
14 Comments
Support us! Bikerumor may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More

Jamis didn’t have much to say about this prototype TT bike sitting front and center in their booth, but the intent is obvious – to make the Silber Pro Cycling Team go faster. As much as possible, the bike integrates components to keep them out of the wind stream. Brakes are tucked and covered, and the handlebar integrates into the stem as a single piece to create a much smoother front end and easy cable hiding…

prototype Jamis TT bike for Silber pro cycling team

prototype Jamis TT bike for Silber pro cycling team

Brake cables remain hidden inside the bar and stem completely, while shift levers duck out of the extensions and directly into the stem. SRAM’s eTap system would mean zero visible cables.

prototype Jamis TT bike for Silber pro cycling team

prototype Jamis TT bike for Silber pro cycling team

prototype Jamis TT bike for Silber pro cycling team

Front brakes weren’t installed on this prototype, but all you’d really see are the pads. The caliper arms are hidden behind the fairing. They kept the rim brakes because, for now, the UCI still hasn’t officially made disc brakes legal and their team needs to have this on the starting ramp for major races.

prototype Jamis TT bike for Silber pro cycling team

Another fairing hides the rear caliper. Public retail release of the bike is TBD, it’s still in testing.

JamisBikes.com

Subscribe
Notify of
guest

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

14 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Raphael Amiot-Savard
Raphael Amiot-Savard
6 years ago
T30
T30
6 years ago
ebbe
ebbe
6 years ago

Aren’t fairings that have no other function than improving aerodynamics (also) illegal according to UCI regulations? Or is that not on TT bikes?

Dave
Dave
6 years ago
Reply to  ebbe

They’ll classify it as a structural fairing. Somehow that skirts the UCI rule book enough that they let it pass.

Autotad
Autotad
6 years ago
Reply to  ebbe

BMC did the fairing thing on the front of the TImeMachine and gave some BS excuse that it was “structural” or something and it was approved. Probably the same thing here.

Dinger
Dinger
6 years ago
Reply to  ebbe

If they’re made to, they’ll just fudge it for race legality. In the grand scheme, they shouldn’t care. UCI points scoring riders generally don’t buy bikes, amateur triathletes do.

fred
fred
6 years ago
Reply to  ebbe

Covers are legal even if they are not structural. As long as everything fits in the boxes. Plenty of TT bikes with covers out there.

Adilos Nave
Adilos Nave
6 years ago
Reply to  fred

I think the “boxes” are a bit looser when your pockets are full. Looking at you, Pinarello Bolide and Team Sky. That is a blatant fairing over the rear brake that serves zero structure support. And then there is the Cervelo P5 with the extremely massive seat-tube/top-tube junction. I’ve worked on the UCI drawings in the past for getting them approved and these guys must be using a 4th Dimension to get things to fit inside those restrictive boxes.

Ryan
Ryan
6 years ago

so nobody is gonna ask about the “Easton” wheels?

SK
SK
6 years ago

“Jamis didn’t have much to say about this prototype TT bike” – because as T30 said it’s a Dedacciai frame.

C P
C P
6 years ago

unless SRAM released an update to their TT configuration for the E-tap… the need for the blip box could actually make the set-up worse if they haven’t designed in a solution to store that large device elegantly and not totally wireless as stated.

Veganpotter
Veganpotter
6 years ago

Finally, their last TT bike was a years out if date when it came out some 6 years ago

Billy Jack
Billy Jack
6 years ago

Wait. What’s this? Didn’t realise people actually did this sort of bike. It seems silly and prone to crashing upon a rider attempting to mount.

mwagner
mwagner
6 years ago

I thought the age of major manufacturers using generic chinese frames was over, but apparently not.

Subscribe Now

Sign up to receive BikeRumor content direct to your inbox.

Subscribe Now

Sign up to receive BikeRumor content direct to your inbox.