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Audi Partners With Lightweight for Limited Run Audi Sport Racing Bike

Written by Anna Schwinn
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AUDI Lightweight Sport Concept completeLightweight and quattro GmbH have partnered to develop the Audi Sport Racing Bike, a limited release concept model with luxury touch-points, to be released at the upcoming Geneva Motor show. This extensively detailed concept bike is based off of Lightweight’s first frame, the URGESTALT, a model designed to seamlessly visually match their MEILENSTEIN wheelset. Details on all the goodies after the jump.

AUDI Lightweight Sport Concept Wheel

Developed by the Audi Konzept Design Studio in Munich to be a “maximum” performance road cycling experience, this model will feature details such as a seat tube mounted serial placard, a custom Audi fine nappa leather-clad Selle-Italia saddle, and a Shimano DuraAce Di2 drivetrain.  The Audi Sport Racing Bike will come complete in five sizes.

AUDI Lightweight Sport Concept badge

If this speed machine is your thing, act quickly. Production of this model is limited to 50 pieces to be sold in the Audi Forum Shops in Ingoldstadt and Neckarsult and globally within the Audi partner network.

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Slow Joe Crow
Slow Joe Crow
9 years ago

The good news is that this will be several orders of magnitude more reliable than an Audi car and way less heartbreaking to repair if something does break. Just look up Audi V8 cam chain replacement.

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BigBenny
BigBenny
9 years ago

It sounds like you or your family have been hurt by this horrible Audi reliability issue — I’m sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing it on this cycling website.

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JackMyers
JackMyers
9 years ago

BigBenny – you sound like a really fun person. I thought Joe’s comment was on point.

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John
John
9 years ago

Cars making bicycles?
Mercedes, BMW, Ferrari, Audi…make cars no bikes.

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Binks
Binks
9 years ago

Glad they skipped Sram, otherwise would be as reliable as any other Audi.

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Jason
Jason
9 years ago

Check out Consumer Reports – Audi is one of the most reliable cars on the market… It’s too bad that your old-school Audi has tainted your judgement of this Lightweight. How’s that old 9-speed Ultegra STI lever doing?

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sgt stiglitz
sgt stiglitz
9 years ago

why do car makers feel they have to take someone else’s bicycle, paint it, maybe put a badge or a corporate logo on it and sell it for more than its worth? this is just a GMC Denali bike for the 1%

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brattercakes
brattercakes
9 years ago

Marketing!

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Rico
Rico
9 years ago

Perfect fit for Lightweight. This sort of bling stuff is so 2010. It’s like Europe’s Escalade.

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Craig
Craig
9 years ago

I want to see Peterbilt team up with Surly to do a fat bike with a truck engine.

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Hoehn Audi
Hoehn Audi
9 years ago

As an Audi dealer, it pains us to hear about issues that Slow Joe Ceow had with his Audi. We would be glad to address those issues. And, if this bike is as amazing as the Audi e-bike Wörthersee that we experienced in Germany last year, it is going to be our new favorite commuter.

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Elk
Elk
9 years ago

The check light just came on, time to take it to the shop again.
I heard they’re rebranding a Christini for the Quattro edition.

Trolling over. It’s actually not a bad paint job. I guess if you have the disposable income to consider such a purchase it will complement your garage storage hook nicely.

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b
b
9 years ago

^ Good point, but my Lamborghini BMC and Ferrari Colnago are using the red hooks already 🙁

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Chris
Chris
9 years ago

Since Audi’s I have experienced have all had wonderful electrical problems, (like sunroofs that open on their own), I would have to expect this will have similar issues.

Perhaps they have programmed in some ghost shifting for the Di2. Ahhh…. now it feels like a true Audi!

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JMartel
JMartel
9 years ago

Wow.. Audi guy will use 1 of the 50 Audi Sport Racing Bike to commute. Winner!

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David J Messenger
David J Messenger
9 years ago

Marketing is marketing… I await the day VAG or Ford, GM et al buys up a Giant or Specializied, because these companies are tiny by comparison and just like Audi bought Ducati to get expertise etc.
I am on my 5th Audi ( 4 VW’s previously ) and I am a very happy VAG customer, any issues have been sorted quickly and correctly in my experience.

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Slow Joe Crow
Slow Joe Crow
9 years ago

@Jason, in the circles I move in, older Audi cars are know for frequent failures and epic repair bills, so I was playing for laughs that an Audi bike with Shimano would be stone reliable compared to the Q7 or “pay 4”.
Also what is this 9 speed Ultegra STI of which you speak? I run SRAM Rival on my drop bar bike.

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ncrw
ncrw
9 years ago

this is probably one of the least offensive bikes done by a car manufacturer. so many of them have been hideous or non-functional ‘concept’ pieces. it’s almost refreshing that they decided to not try and ‘make’ another bike and just rebrand an existing (and proven) bike.

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mjw12867
mjw12867
9 years ago

Man I got to have this bike so people will envy me, but first I must sell my Yugo Huffy that I just updated with a Sun Race Group and a set of steel wheels? Any one interested?

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Dave
Dave
9 years ago

Looks like I need to find a rack for my R8. Maybe Sea Sucker will work.

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mvs
mvs
9 years ago

Perfect !

I just reversed over my Ferrari Pinarello in my Q7 as the radio turned on instead of the reversing cameras.

I prefer German quality and reliability over Italian quality and reliability given there is no real difference now anyday.

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