bicycles
Farsoon and Hi-Light Aim to 3D Print 50,000 Bike Parts per Year
The cycling industry is embracing 3D printing. 3D printed saddles have become a success story, and firms are now 3D printing frames and various other components. Chinese firms Hi-Light (also…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Protective Cells & Thermal Protection Systems
University of Colorado Boulder researchers Rob Maccurdy and Charles Wade are working on lattice and cell structures that they hope to develop into bumpers, packaging, helmets and the like. Research…
Fizik and Carbon Release Custom 3D Printed Bike Saddles
Bike saddles have been a huge success for 3D printing. High-end racing bikes have featured various models for years now. Selle Italia, Specialized, Prologo, and others have put lattice-based saddles…
INTENSE Cycles and TRUMPF 3D Print Parts for M1 Bike with Elementum Materials
INTENSE Cycles, an icon in downhill mountain biking, fully embraced additive manufacturing (AM) during its most recent project. It partnered with TRUMPF and Elementum 3D to help redesign its multi-championship…
Cargo Bikes Gets a Lightweight Lift with 3D Printing
The 3D printing industry is buzzing with interest in bike components, and the scene is exploding. Companies are manufacturing everything from bike seats to frames. Now, Evonik is stepping into…
KASK Officially Introduces New Elemento Helmet with 3D Printed Technology
Since the emergence of additive manufacturing (AM), the cycling community has been one of its earliest adopters for end parts. We have seen everything from 3D printed helmets to 3D…
F1 Champ Fernando Alonso Debuts 3D Printed E-Bike by Arevo
Carbon fiber 3D printing firm Arevo continues to drive its presence in the cycling world, this time taking on two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso. Alonso’s lifestyle brand Kimoa has…
Great Britain Cycling Team: Riding to Olympic Victory on a 3D Printed Track Bike by Renishaw
Countless people use bicycles every day. They’re so ubiquitous that we rarely give them a second thought unless we’re purchasing one. When we do that, we like to make sure…
Materialise 3D Prints 20,000 Bike Parts for High-End Brand
Executive Editor Joris Peels recently did a deep dive into the existing and possible role of 3D printing in the cycling industry. A disruption could be imminent, if industry players…
3D Printing a Pedalution, Part Six: Relevant 3D Printing Technologies for Bike Production
We’ve now seen how 3D printing can be used in bicycles, and in components. We’ve had a look at the most likely scenarios for 3D printing adoption and the preconditions…
3D Printing: A Pedalution, Part Five – 13 Scenarios for Market Entry
In the previous articles in the Pedalution series, we looked at the prevalence of 3D printing in cycling and bike components. We’ve also explored what companies are doing with 3D…
3D Printing Bikes: A Pedalution, Part 4 – The Five 40s
In the first installment of this series, we looked at how 3D printing is being used in bicycles before going deeper and also exploring the use into 3D printing for…
3D Printing Bikes: A Pedalution, Part 3 Value Chain Disruptions with 3D Printing
In the first installment of this series, we looked at how 3D printing is being used in bicycles. In the second article, we went deeper and also examined 3D printing…
3D Printing Bikes: A Pedalution, Part 1
A quiet revolution has been occurring for over ten years in the cycling world. More and more bike components are getting 3D printed. In this article, we’ll give you an…
GSD Global Partners with Sandvik to 3D Print Critical Titanium Part for E-Bike
Electric bikes are known to be pricey, but if you have ever investigated much about quality cycling equipment, that’s not a surprise—whether you are in the market for a conventional…
Urwahn Announces Release of Stadtfuchs Bicycle with 3D Printed Stainless Steel Frame
While many commuters rely on their cars, there are plenty of other ways to get around, such as riding public transportation systems or a bicycle. And just as 3D printing…
The Bike Project is Creating the First 3D Printable Open Source Bike called OBI
A pair of Dutch industrial design students named Stef de Groot and Paul De Medeiros have started developing the Bike Project, a completely open sourced 3D printable bike called OBI…
AeroCharge – A 3D Printed Wind-Powered Smartphone Charger for Cyclists is Unveiled
It really amazes me that with today’s technology, we still haven’t found a way to create a more efficient, longer-lasting solution for powering our mobile devices. While most of us…
Amazing 3D Printed/Cardboard Bicycle Will Be Ridden for First Time at Maker Faire
The Bay Area Maker Faire is set to kick off this weekend in San Mateo, California, with “makers” from around the world arriving to exchange ideas, marvel in the madness…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — March 7, 2015
Warning: all of this week’s creative ideas may give you the bug to buy or win a 3D printer of your own…and you can do just that by entering Ultimaker’s…
Conceptual 3D Printed Bike, “Luna,” is Stylish and Practical
I think I wrote the other day that my favorite type of 3D printed object was the awesome wearable art — jewelry and clothing — being offered by creative 3D…
Australian Company Flying Machine 3D Prints Titanium Bike Lugs for Custom, Luxury Bicycles
“I want to ride my bicycle,” Freddie Mercury once sang; it’s a chorus repeated through the years, as the cycling community across the world is massive. 3D printing in the…
Researchers in the UK are Combining Supercomputing and 3D Printing to Create a Safer Bike Helmet
As roads become more congested, fuel prices rise, and the environmental impact of fossil fuels begins taking its toll on this planet, there is an ever increasing populous turning to…
3D Printing the Fixie: A New Take on Customizable Bicycles
Using 3D printing technology to create a bicycle is no longer particularly new. That doesn’t mean, however, that anytime it happens it’s old news. James Novak took a crack at…
