THE NEXT BEST THING IN NEAR NET
Too much of the marketing for carbon fiber bikes is focused solely on the material: how high is the modulus? The rationale being that since modulus is a measure of stiffness, then surely the higher the modulus the better the material! And if higher modulus carbon fiber is more expensive, then clearly it must be better! It ain’t always true. That’s like saying white bread is better for us than whole wheat simply because it’s undergone more processes in it’s manufacturing.
The truth is, making the lightest, stiffest, most comfortable and most durable frame is not just about what carbon fiber you use, but how you engineer to use it and how you manufacture with it. It’s about what you lay-up and where. It’s about how you compress and set the fibers. Design and engineering are King. Compaction is Queen. And material is the Princess that the media and marketing love to write stories about.
We’ve taken our revolutionary Near Net dual-molding manufacturing process, that utilizes both silicone and polystyrene internal cores to support the frame shape while it is being pressurized within the steel mold, and added a vacuum purge procedure before molding that compresses and eliminates all air between carbon plies. Compaction is absolutely optimized. Not only is weight reduced while stiffness and strength are increased, but over-reliance on fragile and harsh-riding super-high modulus fiber is minimized. The result is a lighter, faster, stiffer, stronger frame that simply rides better.