This article originally appeared on BikeRadar
Mere hours after Pinarello announced the release of the Dogma F10 — its brand new, flagship frameset — comes this open letter from Taiwan's Velocite, which claims that the Italian brand has infringed its patents by using its signature concave downtube on the new bike.
In the open letter published on Velocite’s blog, company CEO Victor Major claims that he contacted Pinarello in May 2016 after the brand released the Bolide TT bike, which also uses the concave downtube.
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Since May, Velocite claims to have received no contact from Pinarello — or the “several [other] bike brands that are already using our intellectual property without permission” which are mentioned in an earlier post relating to the dispute — except a visit by “three members of [Pinnarello’s] engineering team who checked out my LinkedIn profile for some reason”.
As we reported on our first look at the Dogma F10, much of the reduction in drag comes from the concave rear of the down tube, which, when combined with a snugly fitting smaller bidon, helps to reduce drag by a claimed 12.6 per cent.
We’ll update this story as we get more details.
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