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Home>Sports & Recreation

Category: Sports & Recreation

From football helmets to hockey sticks to kayaks to bobsleds, composite materials help athletes reach their highest performance capabilities and provide durable, lightweight equipment for weekend warriors.

Carbon Fiber Provides Rooftop Camper Sturdiness While Maintaining Light Weight

May 21, 2020

The Redtail Rooftop Camper is a state-of-the-art carbon fiber tent/camper hybrid offering the freedom of a rooftop tent with the security and amenities of a hard-sided camper. Redtail Overland’s...

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LOOK’s T20 Track Bike Uses Composites to Be Lightweight, Strong and Ready for Tokyo 2020

February 27, 2020

LOOK’s new T20 Track Bike is focused on the combined athlete and bike interaction, the result of years of work to build expertise in the use of carbon fiber...

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Carbon Fiber is Propelling Marathon Runners to the Finish Line

February 10, 2020

Brooks is introducing a new marathon shoe, Hyperion Elite, that offers runners a carbon fiber midsole for lightweight endurance and propulsion. The designers at Brooks started working on a...

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50th Anniversary of Lunar Landing Inspires Motorbike Designer to Use Composites

October 10, 2019

Italian designers and manufacturers Carboni e Metalli launched The Lunar Project motorbike in homage to the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, combining vintage details such as a steel...

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McLaren and Stratasys Partner to Bring 3-D Printing to Formula 1

January 30, 2017

In 1981, McLaren revolutionized the construction of racing cars when it produced the first F1 car to use a carbon fiber composite monocoque – the MP4/1. Over the past...

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CES 2017 Features Android Powered “Smart Bike” Made with Composites

January 16, 2017

One of the most eye-catching innovations on display at CES® 2017 in Las Vegas was LeEco’s two new “smart bikes” for the U.S. market, which the company says break...

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Carbon Fiber Bike Sets World Record for Human-Powered Speed

September 26, 2016

During the World Human Powered Speed Challenge, vehicle designer and manufacturer Aerovelo broke its own record for the fastest human-powered vehicle ever, going 89.6 mph in an egg-shaped bike known...

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Cyclotron’s Carbon Fiber Bike Rides without Spokes or Wheels

August 01, 2016

Upstart company Cyclotron Cycles has successfully raised enough money on Kickstarter to fund its innovative Cyclotron Bike – the world’s first “smart bike” that rides without spokes or wheels....

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This Canoe Made with Composites Folds like Origami

July 11, 2016

Belgium-based company ONAK has launched a Kickstarter campaign to improve upon one of its unique products – a composite-made canoe that folds like origami and can fit in a...

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Swiss Students Go 0-62 MPH in 1.51 Seconds in Record-Breaking Vehicle

July 06, 2016

An electric racing car built by a group of students in Switzerland-based Academic Motorsports Club Zurich (AMZ) has broken the world record for fastest acceleration by a battery-powered vehicle...

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