Andrea Tiberi's FRM Anakin - XCO World Cup Round 3, La Bresse
Andrea Tiberi is the Italian national champ, and he rides for FRM - which is a name you'll want to remember if you are searching for crazy lightweight components that are made in Italy. In fact, almost all of Tiberi's race bike is produced somewhere in Italy, including its carbon fiber Anakin Boost 29 hardtail chassis. Anakin frames are constructed using high-strength, Textreme carbon material (hence, the wide checkered pattern on the unpainted tubes) and molded in sections to maintain compaction of the carbon layers. The sections are then bonded together in a second curing operation. Light? FRM says the small/medium size fame weighs 1.15kg (that's 2.53 pounds). Oh, and if you weigh over 95 kg, FRM says you are probably too fat to race on it.
Look closely and you can see where the molded top tube overlaps and is bonded to the downtube sub-assembly. The checkered finish is Textreme's flat-woven carbon product, used to obtain omnidirectional strength with minimal layup thicknesses.
The Anakin's seatstay assembly slips inside sockets molded into the seat tube.
Definitely hand made. Reportedly, this is the chassis that Tiberi rode to the national championships.
FRM CU3 CNC-machined Scandium-aluminum crankset with NC Power (Non-Circular) oval chainrings.
R1 brakes and an Ultraviolet 33 fork from Formula Italy.
FRM Meteor carbon wheels with 30mm inner widths.
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I'll wager 8.8 kg (19.5 lb)
Just a thought tho. Many other manufacturers have no wgt limit yet lighter frames!?
only few do: Habike for example has a limit weight of 120kg per bike (naked rider + dresses + shoes + backpack + gps+ etc...)