Why Silca is at the cutting edge of cycle tech - We speak to Josh Poertner, owner of legendary brand Silca, about how the company is leading the way on some mind-blowing technology Cycling Ad
, which incorporates similar cushioning technology as used in Nike trainers, with a durable layer similar to that used by Oakley for its nosepieces. Josh has also had contact with the team from the Universities of Manchester and Cambridge who discovered graphene, and Silca is in the process of bringing a couple of graphene-based products to market soon.
“I think the most exciting thing currently happening is thermo-plastic resins for carbon-fibre. There is a company already using thermo-plastics to make rims and we should start to see some small-scale bike production quite soon. Silca is working with Purdue University in Indiana to make some amazing automotive parts using thermo-plastics.
“Is 3D printing coming? I’ve bet my company on it. Without a doubt, 3D printing is the future of how everything will be made. True custom-3D printed saddles are on the immediate horizon and even 3D-printed frames will come one day – people will get measured for their bike and then they’ll have their frame 3D printed for them,” Josh says.
From the first phone call to the first prototype was two days, then we lightweighted the prototype, ran some analysis on it, did some actual physical testing on it, changed the design, and started to print the next morning.
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