Tailbag for M5 Carbon High Racer available |
October 17th, 2006 |  |
) The M5 Carbon High Racer can also be equipped with a large luggage compartment. The carbon tailbag offers 65 litres space and also optimizes the aerodynamics of the bike even further. The weigth of the tailbag is just 2 kilogrammes. A complete High Racer including the Tailbag is just 11 kilogrammes! The luggage compartment can be locked with a key. | ||
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Tailbag for the M5 Carbon High Racer: € 549.59 | ||
Mont Ventoux by M5 bike |
September 8th, 2006 | |
) Maarten Broek sent us several pictures of the ascent of the Mont Ventoux with 5 M5 Recumbents.He writes: Beautiful windy trip. Heavy mistral and cold during the day of ascending. We managed to convince a lot of people of the comfort of the bikes. Also the bike rental at the bottom of the mountain. Also showed the M5 site. We did our annual promotion work once again! | ||
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Helmut Lechner fetches silver during the 12 km individual time trial on his M5 Carbon Low Racer |
August 18th, 2006 | |
) Helmut Lechner (Austria) covers a strong race during the World Championships HPV 2006 in France.After a fast start, passing a railway crossing with 90 km/h, Helmut unfortunately breaks a spoke in the front wheel, resulting in a dragging brake shoe. This surely explains the three seconds behind the number one! Despite the misfortune with the spoke, Helmut races with an average of 60 km/h to the finish in just 9 minutes en 40 seconds. | ||
Vikingtour 2006 - the M5 Carbon High Racer |
August 5th, 2006 | |
) What was allready presumed has been confirmed during Bram's participation at the Vikingtour in Norway: the M5 Carbon High Racer proves to be a superior bike for steep ascendings. In 2003 Bram also did the Dalsnibba in just 25 minutes on his M5 Titanium Shock Proof. It's an ascend from 1004 metres to 1550 metres on gravel. Despite the additional three years since then, Bram managed to improve his time on the High Racer to 22 minutes and 50 seconds!The other small pictures give an impression of the beautiful landscapes which were visible during the trips. | ||
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The Vikingtour, 600 kilometres, 6 days, 8 fjords, 9 tough ascents |
July 17th, 2006 | |
 And Bram Moens is going to ride it!The Vikingtour is a hard challenge, but Bram Moens is determined and starts July 23 on a hard, but also beautiful tour through Norway. The Vikingtour typifies by long and steep decends. During the survey of the route, Bram only did 6 km/h of the steepest slopes, up to 18%! Bram uses both the superlight M5 Carbon Low Racer and Carbon High Racer, depending on the type of terrain he encounters from day to day. On the rare intervals when circumstances allow less strains, the beautiful landscapes of Norway can be enjoyed. A full report of the tour will be put on this site shortly. For general info please visit the site of the Vikingtour itself. | ||
Bordeaux-Paris |
June 11th, 2006 | |
) Vincent Debleds (M5 Low Racer) and Christian Vergnaud (M5 Tica) did cover the 636 kilometres from Bordeaux to Parijs in 19 hours and 16 minutes, taking the first en second place among the participating recumbents. | ||
Light as a feather and super stiff: de new M5 Carbon High Racer |
May 10th, 2006 | |
) After half a year of preperation the new M5 Carbon High Racer has been presented on the annual event Cycle Vision. It's the lightest and stiffest production bike on earth! Stiffer than any comparable aluminum bike.Good designs don't show up effortless... Surely not when it's concerning a technical and complicated design like the latest from M5: the "full monocoque" Carbon High Racer. This high tech machine is the result of a unique combination of knowledge and experience which is not to be found at any other recumbent manufacturer anywhere in the world. 23 years of design and building experience has been culminated in this new product. Add the personal racing and record experience of M5 founder Bram Moens and a new norm is born. The M5 "Carbon High Racer" vouches for:
Our M5 Carbon High Racer has been submitted to the lengthy FEM (Finit Element Method) to determine in which direction the carbon fibers should be orientated and which wall thickness should be applied to obtain the most ideal weight / stiffness ratio. Also see the last of the small pictures. During production the carbon fabric packages of the monocoque frames and the mono front forks are 'inflated' inside a mold made of hardened steel and 'baked' at a temperature of 190 degrees Celsius / 374 Fahrenheit. The laminate design and optimization for the High Racer was a collaboration between Bram Moens and Wout Ruijter of the University of Nottingham. Further technical details
The Carbon High Racer is available from january 2007. Based on Shimano 105 parts, the bike will cost around 2937 euro (ex VAT). If you're interested to obtain a Carbon High Racer too, it's possible to subcribe for one by sending us an e-mail. | ||
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Ibiliet cushion with M5 logo |
May 6th, 2006 | |
) The light weigth ibiliet M5 cushion now has the M5 logo printed on it.Technical details
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Posh Bikes uses gold coated version light weight M5 brake |
April 14th, 2006 | |
 This Bling-Bling bike is equipped with the light weight brakes from M5, coated with gold! The bike is not only to show off, but will actually be used in races.At the bottom of the linked page also some nice carbon accessories for the toilet! | ||
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Focussing on detail: spring guide for M5 sidepull brake |
February 19th, 2006 | |
) This new spring guide for our M5 sidepull brake is one of the smallest and lightest parts we produce at M5 Recumbents. Since this new version works so much better than the previous version, we surely want to share it with you!M5 considers it a challenge to optimaize all parts, even the smallest! | ||
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