Each Arantix Mountain Bike frame takes approximately 300 hours to build, as Delta 7 Sports workers weave single carbon fiber strands to create the open lattice IsoTruss structure of each frame tube. Each bundle of carbon fiber strands are wrapped with Kevlar and then baked at 255 degrees Fahrenheit for four hours. The ends of the baked tubes are then machined before being joined with molded carbon fiber lugs to make a complete frame.
"In total, each completed Arantix frame is built with 1,672 linear feet of carbon fiber," said Tyler Evans, program manager of Delta 7 Sports. "That's longer than five and a half football fields, or by comparison, a single strand that long would reach to the top of the tallest building in the world, the Taipei 101 in Taiwan."
I saw that at interbike this past year. It was fun, they let us stomp on a piece of tubing to see if we could break it. If you think the pics look wild, close up it looks just plain alien.
I saw that at interbike this past year. It was fun, they let us stomp on a piece of tubing to see if we could break it. If you think the pics look wild, close up it looks just plain alien.
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