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In 1988, the company was founded by motorsports engineer Leigh Sargent and released its first carbon fiber disc wheel. [2] Zipp was acquired by bicycle component manufacturer SRAM in November 2007. [3] In October 2010, Zipp relocated from its original design and manufacturing facility in Speedway, Indiana to an expanded site in Indianapolis.
Velocite Bikes is a Taiwanese manufacturer of racing bicycle, mountain bike frames, bicycle wheels and other bicycle components. Notable collaboration partners include the National Cheng Kung University, National Center for High-Performance Computing, [1] Oxeon [2] and Acer Inc. [3] [4] [5] Velocite specializes in carbon fiber composite products, but also manufactures bicycle frames and ...
2004 Carbon-fiber cranks for Record and Chorus groups 2005 10-speed Centaur and Chorus shift and brake levers are introduced for flat bar road bikes Fulcrum Wheels, a company owned by Campagnolo, produces wheelsets compatible with Campagnolo and Shimano cassettes. [11] 2006 Hollow external bearing crankset is announced
1988: The company unveils the "Nitro" full-suspension mountain bike after collaboration with Keith Bontrager; 1989: World's first carbon fork, the EMS; 1989: Kestrel is the first company to use higher stiffness, "intermediate modulus" carbon fiber in the 200 EMS. 1989: World's first all-carbon triathlon bike, the KM40
Carbotec Industrial Co. Ltd. is a Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer. The company sells its frames under its own brand and at the same time produces all frames made of carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) for the Italian brand Pinarello and some of the German brand Storck. [1] [2] Carbotec has been manufacturing products from CFRP since 2004. [3]
In 1987, Giant introduced the CADEX carbon fiber road bike. Giant became the first bicycle maker to apply computer-aided design and volume production techniques to the production of carbon road bikes. [18] In 1995, Giant designed the first road bicycle with a sloping top tube featuring a smaller rear triangle.
A carbon fiber frame racing bicycle by the French company LOOK A road bicycle made by Scott Lance Armstrong riding in a posture often used on a road bicycle. A racing bicycle, also known as a road bike, is a bicycle designed for competitive road cycling, a sport governed by and according to the rules of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).
Winner of the 2007 Editor's Choice award for a road racing bicycle from Bicycling Magazine, the Pinarello Paris FP is the premier monocoque, high modulus, unidirectional carbon fiber frame. In 2009, the FP6 replaced the Paris FP and F4:13. The monocoque frame uses the same mold as the Paris FP, but with different carbon fiber (30HM3K).