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The Museeuw MF-1 is made from carbon and flax tubing joined to carbon lugs(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The carbon/flax seat tube has a slight aero profile(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The main tubes join at a huge carbon fibre lug for stiffness at the frame's biggest stress point(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
A full carbon lug keeps things tidy where the top tube joins the seat tube and stays(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
Curved and tapered chainstays morph from inverted teardrops at the bottom bracket to round at the dropouts(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The wishbone seatstays join the seat tube lug in a single monostay(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
Like the chainstays, the hourglass seatstays change from teardrop to round on their way down to the rear hub(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The large down tube features another teardrop shape at the head tube and changes to almost a diamond at the bottom bracket(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The tapered top tube maintains its teardrop shape throughout its length but narrows towards the seat tube joint(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The MF-1's head tube is a 100 percent carbon fibre lug(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The head tube features a pointed front for styling and aerodynamics(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
Yes, this frame is made from a blend of carbon and flax fibres(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
Museeuw bikes won an award for innovation at last year's Eurobike show(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
Johan Museeuw is the name behind the bike and it carries his signature(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The Lion of Flanders features strongly in the frame's graphics(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
Each frame is handbuilt from tubes and lugs and individually numbered(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The Museeuw MF-9 fork is also built from carbon and flax fibres(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The MF-9 fork blades have a slight hourglass curve(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The drivetrain on our MF-1 is all Shimano Ultegra - it works well but a frame of this calibre deserves better(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The Ultegra chainset has similar styling to that of Dura-Ace, but less dramatic(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The Ultegra rear derailleur works as surely as you could want(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
Ultegra Dual Control levers are similar in appearance - and function - to Dura-Ace(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
Museeuw provided an 11-23T, 10-speed Ultegra cassette which we fitted to our own test wheels(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The seat clamp is by FRM but is monogrammed with Museeuw's name(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The Museeuw branded seatpost features a micro-adjust clamp to get the saddle just right(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The SX-Force saddle was comfortable enough but surely a cromoly railed seat has no place on a frame of this quality(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
More Museeuw monogrammes appear on the FRM threadless headset and top cap(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
SX-Force carbon fibre stem did its job with no fuss(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The carbon front plate of the SX-Force stem clamps onto a matching set of bars(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
The gentle anatomic shape of the SX-Force carbon bars was comfortable enough in a variety of positions(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
Despite its flimsy appearance the SX-Force carbon bottle cage performed well enough(Image credit: Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com)
Museeuw's MF-1 uses a unique carbon/flax fibre blend - yes, flax, the stuff they make linen out
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The use of flax fibre, which behaves much like carbon fibre but is better at
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Ride & handling: stiff and responsive, with a bump-smoothing backbone
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