The recent explosion of 3D printing technology has led to all sorts of components, vehicles, and applications that a few years ago seemed downright science fiction. With the level of versatility 3D printing presents, manufacturers have begun to not only incorporate this method in their products, but even turning the process towards entire products.

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Here you’ll find a few examples of how 3D printing is changing and even saving the lives of cyclists all over the world. Bikes If there is one thing that 3D printing allows for, it’s unleashing creativity and design. Take the Superstrata bike as the perfect example of what can be achieved. The Superstrata is a bicycle made of carbon fiber and printed into the shape you see. Now, carbon fiber bikes are nothing new, but the Superstrata isn’t completed using layers of sheets of carbon, but rather from one continuous carbon fiber feed/thread. This results in a fully customizable bike that can easily be modified to fit your body size. Not to mention light, strong, and only going to run you $2,800 (€2,310 at current exchange rates) for the basic Superstrata C. Another company that has been running with 3D printing is German based, […]

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