Catalog: Bicycles 2004
Company/Brand: Litespeed
litespeed titanium bike frame in Bicycles 2004 by Litespeed
choosing the right bike choosing the bicycle that best fits ... styles the design process different frame materials and the various fabrication ... the process of selecting your dream bike defining your performance style in ... in other words how will you use this bike we have broken down the different ... /triathlon sometimes draft legal the bike should be prepared to climb and descend ... demonstrates how well that particular bike will perform relative to the given ... the differences between the various litespeed models within a given category other ... comparing to other brands stiffness a frame s stiffness is directly related to ... rear wheel in general the stiffer the frame is the more power that is generated ... that may not always be the case some frames may actually be too stiff for the ...
important attribute when evaluating any frame is handling we chose not to rate it on ... dictated by the geometry of your frame handling refers to the way a bike ... factors can heavily affect the way a bike will handle including fork rake wheel ... property but to appreciate the overall frame performance why titanium in the world ... of high performance bicycle frame design there are three primary ... materials being used today titanium carbon fiber composites and aluminum ... work very well in cycling however the titanium alloys 3al/2.5v and 6al/4v offer the ... and chemical properties to yield a frame with the best possible combination of ... and to understand exactly why these titanium alloys work so well you need to first ... which factor greatly in bicycle frame design tensile strength fatigue ...
litespeed frame technology graph a percent of total ... a pretty solid grasp on the type of frame you are looking for and a better ... appreciation of why titanium is the ultimate frame material for ... like to do now is introduce you to litespeed and what goes into the design and ... creation of the twenty-two different frames we offer in wind tunnels laboratories ... -performance bicycles on the planet frame stress analysis our years of research ... being done further within any given frame specific tubes will experience very ... of how these forces travel through the frame and how this path is altered as design ... the magnitude of forces on individual frame tubes and demonstrates how they can ... given the type of riding exerted on the frame take for instance the change in force ... of forces placed on individual frame tubes we also need to factor in the ...
to uring not intended capable only litespeed could create the world s fastest and ... most desired time trial frame and remain unsatisfied that s why for ... properties that have defined this bike for the last 10 years new aero ... 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 massive 6al/4v titanium aero-shaped down tube double-bladed and ...
why litespeed aluminum on page three we discussed the ... for the specific application although litespeed s history in titanium is legendary we ... as we continually push and refine our titanium frame structures we push and refine our ... aluminum frames as well we choose to start with alite ... available today and just like in titanium some deliver more performance than ... others litespeed s alite tubing is based on an6 aluminum ... after frame shaping butting and welding it ... allows us to use less material in our frame designs resulting in lighter weight ... bikes and without surrendering durability ...
litespeed aluminum and carbon in addition to the ... the alite tubing used throughout the litespeed aluminum product line provides superior ... enhance the ride we lightened the bikes up dramatically by double and triple ... butting the new shaped tubes next each frame is meticulously handcrafted with an ... consistent joint finally each frame is then heat treated to produce a more ... uniform frame strength the end result is a very ... yet remarkably durable aluminum bike that is unrivaled in the cycling ... elongation of the alite alloy means the litespeed frame has a better ability to give than ... engineers are able to design lighter frames that are more durable because the alite ... part of a decade developing our own titanium tube shapes that enhance the ride ... quality of every litespeed frame we produce these stress-directional ...
road enthusiast the all-new avior takes litespeed aluminum to a whole new level in 2004 ... the highly-acclaimed vortex no other bike has come this close to matching the ... performance of titanium in an aluminum frame until now the complicated tube ... today and will no doubt send other frame-makers back to the drawing boards scratching ... used to describe the aero-profile titaniumenhanced carbon seatstays the matching litetec ... top tube integrated head tube and litespeed litetec hp carbon fork new aerodynamic ... allow you to truly customize your bike impeccably smooth ride quality 29 ...
air pressure adjustments to make the bike work well at the top of the stroke in ... achieved in theory a six-inch travel bike may only have five inches of true ... linkage is built out of cnc-machined titanium which enables designers to create ... mechanisms on the niota aluminum frame the pivots and linkage are all made ... from cnc-machined aluminum and both frames tout maintenance-free sealed-cartridge ...
