THE REBIRTH OF THE LASER

“The Laser was introduced for the first time in the 80′s by Cinelli. He revolutionized the world of cycling by his design.

More than 30 years later, it stills one of the most amazing bike frame ever produced.

Next year, in 2012, the Summer Olympic Games will take place in the great city of London. The track race culture will be at the center of the event.

6 moths ago, i realized that it could be the perfect time for Cinelli to reintroduced the Laser. So i started trying to imagine the 2012 Cinelli Laser, using 3D software.

“A carbon made frameset inspired by the geometry of the classic one but update to track racing of our days”

The contemporary carbon material have been choosen. It allows to create wonderful aerodynamics shapes with all the stiffness that a carbon track frame is due to have. I didn’t want to create a crazy design like the original frameset, but a vision of the frameset that correspond to contemporary track race.

After creating the frameset, that was not enough for me so i started design all the components that could be on the frame.

For that, i started looking at what campagnolo ingeneered during last years. the cranks are Record Pista crankset but update with a external bottom bracket to increase stiffness.

Hubs are a reedition of the amazing Sheriff Star hubs with a new design, inspired by original one, and covered with an amazing black anodisation.

Then i started thinking about the rims… For many olympics events, Campagnolo created a specific rim design (Mexico 68, Atlanta 96 …) so i decided to create Campagnolo London 2012 carbon rims.

Then, what about the seatpost and the handlebar ? 8 month ago i designed a stem/handlebar combo that i called THE SHARK. It’s a carbon made combo with a 100mm stem and a 42cm width handlebar. The seatpost is 31,7mm diameter, made of carbon.

The saddle is a San Marco Zoncolan with some modifications to keep the “concept” spirit.

I work during 7 month on this project, during my free time, making a lot of different part design and try to choose the best one for any component. An hard work, my first achieved bicycle design !

So here it is, the 2012 Cinelli Laser Concept with Campagnolo track groupset and SHARK parts.” -BEHANCE NETWORK