The Aethos Jet Fuel Project By Specialized Lets You Own A OneOfAKind Design

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When Californian-based bicycle manufacturer Specialized launched its range-topping S-Works Aethos last year, it threw out the rule book on bike design and laser-focused its 46 years’ of accumulated wisdom to design the purest expression of riding. Following a secretive one-year development, the resulting Aethos emerged. It was hailed as a high-performance bike which prioritises “The Perfect Ride”. Boasting the world’s lightest production disc-brake bicycle frameset (617 grammes), the Aethos succeeds in its mission to confer utmost handling and ride quality through the ultralight carbon fibre structure. This was achieved through over 100,000 computer simulations on the frame shape, with Specialized deriving a structurally efficient road bike that is incredibly responsive, stimulated on climbs and evens out road imperfections. • Perhaps most intriguingly, the Aethos frame didn’t offer much by way of branding, eliminating the logos on the down tubes and other discernible brand signals. The Aethos Jet Fuel frameset (SGD8,250/ RM23,650) however, was sanded and pre-prepped for custom paint. All of that makes perfect sense with this month’s launch which showcases the creative heights which owners can aspire to. • Enter Kosuke Masuda of Yokohama, a rider, Buddhist monk and artist who specialises in the art of delicate metal carving and painting with oxidised copper. To showcase the breadth of the Aethos Jet Fuel Project, Masuda and Specialized collaborated on a one-off execution on the artist’s favourite subject – bicycles. Those familiar with Masuda’s oeuvre will recall vivid pigments and suggestive imagery which morphs from abstract forms to materialise landscape fantasias within an ever-expanding universe. This unique Aethos Jet Fuel project will be presented in a travelling series of roadshows as well as through a virtual gallery this month. It will then be auctioned together with an NFT to support Outride Foundation, a community outreach programme to provide disadvantaged children with bicycles and safe places to ride. Proceeds will also be channelled into local riding organisations to develop cycling in the Asian-Pacific region. • Original Documentary Photography: Kei Hompo • Music: Masahiko Todoriki • Website: http://www.robbreport.com.my • Facebook: / robbreportmalaysia • Instagram: / robbreport_malaysia • • Robb Report Malaysia magazine is the definitive authority and luxury resource on connoisseurship for the ultra-affluent.

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