Hope’s secret Olympic time trial bike (and why it didn’t go to Tokyo)

This is the bike that Team GB might have been riding in the Olympic road time trial had things happened differently. British brands Lotus Engineering and Hope Technology collaborated to develop and produce the already iconic HB. T bike that is being ridden in the Izu Velodrome this week. But after the track bikes were finished and delivered to British Cycling, Hope decided to continue working on a road time trial version that would retain both the looks and the aerodynamics of the velodrome version with its radical arching 8cm-wide stays.

“We were focused on the track but very quickly we thought, why not make a time trial bike and use the same advantages?” says