Gerard Vroomen, Andy Kessler and their company OPEN CYCLE AG have threatened to sue for defamation regarding their OPEN UP frame which was described as *hite. It now transpires their bikes do not meet the specifications they state they meet and the designers knowingly sell them like this.

This is a 47minute technical video about some of the shady engineering practices that these guys use. These guys can't handle some well deserved criticism and would rather attempt to bully their way out of their substandard manufacturing and sprinkle it in some of the finest BS that has graced the engineering profession.


Summary of Key Points
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1. The original OPEN frame was found to have a bottom bracket that was neither round, parallel or aligned. One side was extremely tight, the other was totally slack.

The plaintiffs claim they are not required to meet any "mandatory standard" despite them openly…