Tag: carbon fiber
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3D printed mountain bikes by Adrian Smith
Bicycle frames constructed with the help of a 3D printer, have been showing up in posts here since 2011. In some cases, frame parts are printed directly…as is the case with these SLS titanium parts for Charge frames. More often though, a 3D printer is used to create molds for composite construction, and that is…
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Cervelo Rca
Yesterday, Cervelo officially launched their new Project California Rca frameset which, according to the company, “integrates category-defining light weight, stiffness, and ride quality with S-series aerodynamics.” That claim of lighter and stiffer with better aerodynamics and great ride quality sounds a bit too good to be true, and would come across as nothing but marketing…
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3D printed carbon fiber bike frame by Andrew Leinonen
You may remember Andrew Leinonen’s StayLocked “self-destructing” bike frame from a post last year. His latest project is also pretty interesting- “a custom bicycle frame that uses 3D-printed lug sockets to define the bicycle’s geometry.” The printed ABS lugs are then bonded to steel aluminum frame tubes and reinforced with carbon fiber, using 3D printed…
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Brano Meres’ Nighthawk and more
The name Brano Meres may be familiar to those of you who have been reading this blog for a while. He has a PhD in mechanical engineering and is a designer of laser devices for industrial and military applications, but in his spare time Brano likes to make bicycles. The X-9 Nighthawk is his latest…
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Carbon manufacturing at TIME and assorted bike links
I am WAY overloaded with projects at the moment, so the links and topics that I have been meaning to post lately have been backing up. I won’t get to them all today, but I want to take a quick break from the madness and quickly pass along a few of them. Core77 posted an…
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Picchio carbon bicycle by Nicola Guida
Nicola Guida is an Italian designer who created this racing frame for Picchio, a small manufacturer of racing cars based in Ancarano, Italy. The bike design was his final student project, and Picchio helped him out with the construction of a prototype. See more of Nicola’s renderings (shown with Campagnolo components of course) and a…
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Rael: a road bike concept by Evan Solida
I have posted about Evan Solida’s Cervellum Hindsight digital rearview camera a few times in the past. In a post last August, I mentioned that the concept is moving forward and will be ready to ship sometime this year. Accident recording capability is something that people hoped for in earlier versions of the concept, and…
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Tjeerd Veenhoven’s carbon bike
There has been a lot of discussion in the last month or so about equipment sponsor changes for pro teams in 2011. Obviously those discussions are centered on flagship carbon fiber road bikes from companies like Cervelo, Specialized, Scott, and Trek. The high-tech bikes that are raced at the pro level these days go through…
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Mr. Freehand’s homebuilt carbon bikes
I have posted homemade carbon fiber bikes before and I always find it very interesting to see composite bicycles that people design and produce in their garages and living rooms. Svetlyo Kostov (aka Mr. Freehand) first learned about carbon fiber construction at a young age building racecars, motorcycles, and airplanes. Recently, he decided use the…
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2011 BMC Impec
This post would have been timelier last month during the Tour when Cadel Evans and George Hincapie were first riding the new BMC ‘impec’. I planned to post about it at the time, but as so often happens it sort of slipped through the cracks. Though it is not exactly a breaking story at this…
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Kestrel- now and then
Browsing through design blogs this morning, I noticed that Yanko Design posted about the Kestrel 4000LTD time trial bike, designed by Anvil Studios. There is not a lot of substance about the bike in the YD post, but for more information on it you can check out this Cycling News article from May. To be…
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rafael r-011
I mentioned German architect Rafael Hoffleit’s custom carbon frames in an earlier post. His r-009 road bike caught my attention before, so I was very excited to see his new time trial bike, the r-011. The bike has an “integrated hydration and steering system, which allows the use of standard cable shifter systems totally hidden…
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Hotta, Infinity, or Proteus?
Some of you may remember a couple of years ago when I posted a Hotta time trial bike that was forwarded to me by a reader. In that post, I mentioned how much I love those early 90’s British time trial bikes (designed prior to the Lugano charter) from companies like Hotta and Lotus. Recently,…
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rafael custom carbon frames and more
FrameForum recently posted an excellent article about German carbon fiber framebuilder rafael (the brand name is intentionally not capitalized). Rafael Hoffleit, a 32-year-old architect and triathlete from Heidelberg, is the designer and builder of the world’s first custom carbon monocoque frames. Mr. Hoffleit recently unveiled his bikes at the first ever European Handmade Bicycle Exhibition,…
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Mike Burrows’ latest bike and other links
I posted about Mike Burrows’ Ratracer VLR recumbent early last year. I’ve mentioned him on the blog a few times and have great respect for his work, so I was glad to see an article in the current issue of Velovision magazine that points to Mike’s member page on the British Human Power Club’s website.…
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Local boosterism and Taiwanese carbon fiber
It is no secret that I like living and riding in Greenville, South Carolina. Regular readers are probably used to mentions of Greenville on the blog from time to time, especially toward the end of summer when the U.S. Pro Championship races draw near. As soon as I saw a recent Competitive Cyclist newsletter article…
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Happy New Year
Hard to believe it is already 2009. It seems like 2008 just flew by. I closed out the year yesterday with an early morning ride on my road bike using the My Tach GPS Cyclocomputer/Training device that I am currently trying out. I will talk more about it in a future post, but for now…
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Computer commuter and a few more links
I was way too busy on my trip last week, so I didn’t have time to post to the blog. Several people sent me post ideas and links though, so I want to take the opportunity to share a few of those. Also, I want to mention that the rest of the jury and I…