A family-owned bicycle company will be bringing a new lightweight frame with increased strength and stiffness to the 2016 Subaru Sea Otter Classic cycling event in Monterey, California.
The new Spot Rollik bike frame reinforced using Textreme carbon fibre fabrics
Spot Brand, based in Colorado, US, has announced the release of the new Spot Rollik – a lightweight MTB frame reinforced with TeXtreme carbon fibre fabrics. TeXtreme uses Spread Tows instead of yarns to create ultra-lightweight, high-performance products.
The Spot Rollik has been featured on Bicycling Magazine’s website as one of the best new mountain bikes of 2016. Spot Brand offers 16 models and counting across all major bicycle categories: mountain; street; cyclocross; road; geared; singlespeed; and full-suspension.
“Utilising TeXtreme carbon fibre fabrics has enabled us to manufacture a lighter frame that
still has the high level of performance required. For us to achieve the desired strength-to-weight ratio, TeXtreme technology was the obvious choice,” said Andrew Lumpkin, CEO of Spot Brands.
In addition to the bicycle industry, the current use of TeXtreme is prevalent in Formula 1, America’s Cup, NASCAR and Le Mans racing; in the manufacture of golf clubs, surfboards, tennis racquets, table tennis blades, rowing shells, skis, snowboards and ice hockey sticks; and in various industrial and advanced aerospace applications.
Andreas Martsman, Vice-President of Marketing and Sales at Oxeon – the makers of TeXtreme said: “We are happy to have been able to support Spot Brand in achieving their goals for this new frame. Making use of our novel TeXtreme materials, our knowledge on how to develop the optimal lay-up, and working together with their manufacturer all contributed to the success.
“This is yet further proof that we can help bike companies to engineer lighter, stiffer and more durable composite products.”