Saving weight from your road bike will always make it feel more lively and will make riding up those hills much easier.

The most advanced bicycles today are deployed in track racing. The recently unveiled SB II, or Superbike II, has a lightweight carbon-fiber frame. It also has a range of aerodynamic design elements.

There is growing demand from amateur cyclists for more affordable, carbon fibre bike frames. The material is light and strong, and among other things enthusiasts hope it will improve their speed.

"Add in interspersed layers of carbon fibre and Kevlar, like in my bikes, and the strength far exceeds the requirements for making a reasonably lightweight performance bicycle frame." As for how ...

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