Elevating E-Bike Frames
As the market for environmentally friendly electric bikes grows, V Frames of Saalfeld, Germany, is using water-assisted injection molding (WAIM) to produce carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) e-bike...
3D Printed Honeycombs Could Provide Improved Protection in Football Helmets and More
The importance of protection in football and bicycle helmets has become a hot topic as scientists learn more about brain injuries. Researchers from the University of Colorado of Boulder and Sandia National...
REIN4CED and DIEFFENBACHER Developed Large-scale Series Production of Thermoplastic Carbon Bicycle Frames
Cyclists look for lightweight, strong bicycles frames and, seeing as cycling is a clean mode of transportation, many also look for the materials in the frames to be sustainably sourced and manufactured....
Inspired Overland Develops Ultra-lightweight Rooftop Tent with Carbon Fiber
Inspired Overland was founded with the intent of developing products for off-road and overland campers that are affordable and high-quality. The company succeeded and received the SEMA (Specialty Equipment...
Carbon Fiber Being Recycled in Unique Way to Build Superbike
New Zealand-based Vélos Advancements is building its new Holocene road bike from recycled Toray carbon fiber. According to Vélos, its focus is on “taking a novel and possibly world-first approach to...
Paddling to the Top
More than 300 of the world’s best kayakers will travel this fall to RushSouth Whitewater Park in Columbus, Ga., to compete in the 2023 ICF Kayak Freestyle World Championship. Approximately 70% of them will...
