Lightweight, fast, winning bicycles? Yep, that's the deft hand of Lotus – no stranger to building record-breaking race bikes 🚴
► Lotus Engineering developed front end
If you’ve been glued to the Commonwealth Games for the past week, you might’ve noticed a striking bike in action at the velodrome. The clue’s in the name – the Hope/Lotus racer was part-developed by sports car specialistIts consultancy division Lotus Engineering developed the front end of the track bicycle.
Automotive engineers lent their expertise in lightweight materials, advanced structures and aerodynamics to the project. The same bike was used by British teams at the Tokyo Olympics last year. Fancy one? You can buy the track bike for around £25k fully built…Lotus has form in the velodrome. Three decades ago it developed the revolutionary Lotus Type 108 pursuit bicycle ridden by Chris Boardman to gold-medal glory in the 4000m individual pursuit at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
Lotus Engineering works in the background with many of the world’s biggest car makers and component suppliers. These days it is based around three pillars, sharing Hethel’s expertise in platforms, controls systems and technical services. Mark Stringer, commercial director, said: ‘Lotus Engineering is a world-class consultancy that’s completely unique in the global automotive business. As part of the ongoing transformation of Lotus, we are rapidly expanding our client base and our portfolio of expertise. It’s a hugely exciting time for us.’