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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.

New LeMond ebike Features Carbon Fiber from Handlebars to Fender

January 22, 2021

The new LeMond ebike, Prolog, is easy to handle and maneuver at only 26 pounds. The extreme lightweight is thanks to the extensive use of carbon fiber in almost...

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Carbon Fiber Windsurf Fins Built with Bio-based Resin Epoxy

December 03, 2020

Sonntag fins are custom made for each windsurf slalom sailor, racer, or speed sailor placing an order, specifically tailored to the rider’s size, riding style, and the feel and...

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Bio-Based Dyneema® Fabric Keeps Cyclists Safe in Tour de France

September 02, 2020

Cyclists competing in the Tour de France can achieve speeds upwards of 60 mph. Skids and crashes at these speeds can cause severe abrasions to cyclists, even preventing them...

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Eeyo 1 Ebike for City Riders Made Light and Nimble with Composite Materials

June 08, 2020

Gogoro introduced Eeyo 1, an ultralight ebike for city riders designed with an open frame that eliminates the seat tube and uses Kevlar® reinforced carbon fiber to increase strength...

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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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