Abstract :
A new slant on the lightweight commuter bicycle has been developed by a UK company using injection-moulded, glass fibre reinforced plastic parts. Although the design of the bicycle is based on a frame manufactured from magnesium, a specially formulated nylon filled with long glass fibres is used for crucial mechanical parts like the rear suspension unit. The expertise to injection mould this lightweight yet strong material, which is 60 per cent glass, was provided by UK-based Protomold.
Keywords :
bicycles; glass fibre reinforced plastics; glass fibres; injection moulding; plastics industry; suspensions (mechanical components); UK-based Protomold; fibre glass-filled nylon; glass fibre reinforced plastic parts; injection moulding; lightweight commuter bicycle; plastics industry; rear suspension unit;
