Kyle Rohan Fibers That Play Together Stay Together This is my 3rd installment of the four part series on carbon fiber composite materials. This one is on the matrix that holds it all together. Previous posts talked about making raw carbon , and how ca... Carbon Tech Feb 28, 2022
Jared Nelson The ABD's of Composite Laminates It has been a while, but don’t worry, my students have been giving me plenty of blank stares in the meantime. Seriously, I am teaching a course this semester called Design of Machine Elements which I ... Carbon Tech Feb 28, 2022
Carl Strong Our Super Secret Tricoque™ Technology (SSTT) Because I just learned how to add the (™) I feel compelled to trademark something. Seems the industry likes to throw around the term “monocoque” quite a bit so I’m going to mix it up. At Pursuit we em... Carbon Tech Feb 28, 2022
Carl Strong Small Companies QC Do you ever wonder how smaller companies ensure they are making safe bikes and/or implementing quality control?? In traditional custom frame shops we have historically relied on the craftsman’s attent... Carbon Tech Feb 28, 2022
Jeff Wyatt "Simplicity is Not the Absence of Clutter" By: Jeff Wyatt – Pinion Engineering My first meeting with Carl was technical discussions, angles, lengths, diameters, widths – a lot of detailed sketching – discussion. However, it was what was unsaid... Carbon Tech Feb 28, 2022
Carl Strong Titanium Axle Guides They say “there is more than one way to skin a cat”. Maybe not the prettiest example, but the point is that for any element of a bike, different designers will see all sorts of ways to accomplish thei... Carbon Tech Feb 28, 2022
Carl Strong Why Made In The US If you’re a bike geek, you probably keep up with all the latest and greatest bikes. Do you remember when they were all made by old craftsman in dusty old shops in Europe? DeRosa, Basso, Guerciotti, et... Carbon Tech Feb 27, 2022