The carbon fibres which give the frame its structural strength and the resin which binds the carbon together.
Giant carbon fiber bike frame.
From super lightweight climbing bikes to aerodynamic racing frames designed and honed in a wind tunnel to bikes built to provide comfort for endurance and sportive cyclists to a growing breed of adventure and gravel bikes there s a carbon bike for all riding styles.
We were first to make carbon fiber bikes widely available to the world.
The first carbon bikes such as look s kg86 were.
Giant has long been one of cycling s main catalysts for change.
Sheet style is most common in bike frames and is what it sounds like.
We defined the look and feel of modern road racing bikes with our compact road technology.
There are two key carbon frame construction methods.
We introduced lighter stronger aluminum frames at a time when the industry standard was steel.
This is the technology used by giant s pro racers in almost every cycling discipline.
Nevertheless composite frames remain a common choice especially for racers and there is no better choice for a lightweight custom bike build.
Best carbon road bikes to consider.
Continuous sheets of carbon fiber called plies which look like bolts of fabric and are typically about as wide coming.
A carbon bike frame is a matrix of two different materials.
Even after the lawsuits he s seen attorney james reed the new york bike law representative still rides two carbon fiber bikes a trek madone road bike and a giant mountain bike.
Professional grade raw carbon fiber is woven in our composite factory to produce our lightest stiffest and highest quality frames.
Carbon is pretty much the number one material of choice when it comes to mainstream frame construction and as such there are an awful lot of carbon bike frames.