Before you read any further, you need to know that this site is not trying to sell you anything, nor is it attempting to convert your ideas; the purpose of this website is simply to share some information that you may, or may not, find useful or interesting.
C l e l a n d A v e n t u r a T T
an off-road bicycle, not a ‘mountain bike’
(in the same way a Trials motorbike is not a Motocross motorbike)
You’ve clicked onto this website, looked at the picture, and you’re thinking “What a heap of shite…” or “…disgusting!” or “…an idiot machine…”, you need read no further.
However, you may be thinking “that’s a bit odd…” or “I wonder why anyone should design a bike like that?”, read on; you’ll find this website challenges just about every aspect of conventional bicycle design wisdom.
Then there are those who will say to themselves something like “Ah yes, I see what this is about”. These rare people can see through the hype that infests our market-led economy, into the heart of a practical, utilitarian design, which doesn’t follow fashion.
The Cleland Aventura can do some things more easily or efficiently than a mountain bike because it follows function before form. By the same token, a mountain bike can do some things an Aventura can’t; both do similar things, but in slightly different ways.
A principal element of the design that perturbs most ‘cyclists’ is the very upright riding posture. This is not a mistake, long-term spinal health is the reason. The design philosophy also explains just a few of the basic principles and ideas behind it.
The Cleland Aventura has been in development since the 1960s and has taken a different evolutionary route to the mountain bike.
If you want a closer look at any of the photos and pictures throughout this website (like the one above), just get your cursor over the image and left-click, left-click again to get a magnifier.
There are loads more photos on the Flickr photostream. Some of these have technical information, anecdotes, ideas etc in the notes underneath, just double-click any image to read them. If you have a Yahoo! account, log on to leave your own comments there.
Along the top of this page you’ll see titles of other pages, click on them to see more detailed stuff:
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- History, as it suggests, a bit of history about Cleland Cycles
- Glossary, encountered any strange terms? try this page for an explanation
- Rides, this is where you can see the AventuraTT in action, or have a go on one
- R&D, the latest news about some of the detailed features of the AventuraTT design
- Press, stuff that’s been in the cycling magazines over the years and up to the minute
- Self Build, like some of the ideas here? Build them into your own machine
- Pre-Order, production machines may be a reality
- Comments, links to forums and some answers to questions etc…
- and you can watch a video here…
