After too long away from the muddy racecourses, the Ibis Hakkalügi has returned in all of its throat-clearing phlegmatic glory. This time around a huge chunk of weight has been removed by making the frame out of carbon fiber. Combine the lightweight frame with Ibis' classic cross geometry and you are definitely onto a winner. With features such as compression molded carbon dropouts, a carbon fiber seat tube insert and carbon head cups adding strength while dropping weight the 'Lügi is ready for anything you throw at it.
We've subtracted a lot of weight by making the frame out of carbon fiber. For you purists out there, sorry. For you weight weenies out there, you're welcome. We used to say "Steel is real". Now we say "Steel is real…heavy". Sorry, we love steel but we couldn't resist.
Geometry is classic cross. We've designed the frame around and mated it to a nice lightweight Enve (nee Edge) RFC-47 Cross fork
New for this year, the Hakkalügi now come in two 'colors'. One is flat black (or you could accurately call it matte clear). But to make it easier for all of us, we're calling it Black Lung. As for the other color, we're pretty sure you know this, but the Flemish people (the Phlegms?) live in a region of Belgium called Flanders and they are known for their cycling prowess - especially for their success in cyclocross racing. So as an homage to that, the color of the frame is called Phlegmish Yellow.
FEATURES OF THE HAKKALÜGI
Classic cyclocross geometry
Carbon fiber seat tube insert
Compression molded carbon dropouts
Hand Job' cantilever mount cable stop
2.4 lb frame weight (1100Kg) in size 55
2 colour choices |
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Customer Reviews Average rating:  | Awesome Hakkalugi, 28th Sep 2010 | Reviewer: John Robertson | What a bike! I used the Hakkalugi for the recent Nokia Coast to Coast event (105 miles across Scoltland biking, kayaking and running). We had to use the same bike throughout and the route included 81 miles biking of which 16 miles was off-road. The bike is incredibly light and fast on tarmac and equally at home off-road. The off-road section consisted of both farm track routes and singletrack which was as challenging as any of the bike routes at Glentress. On top of this the route was incredibly muddy and slippy following constant rain and proved to be challenging for any biker no matter how good a MBR'r or what MTB they may have used. The Hakkalugi handled it as well as any MTB (clearly helped by a talented rider!!), cutting through the mud and finding traction at every corner, riding through and over the rocks and generally being a joy to ride.
I used to think I was an out and out MTBer and always would be. However the fun I had burning people up both on the on and off-road sections has had me checking the internet for cyclcross and any other adventure races I could enter to justify the purchase of one. What more can I say as a glowing endorsement for a great bike.... Robbo |
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