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Product Description
Ax-lightness completes the cockpit of racing bicycles with its new road bicycle forks "Helios” and its Premim Selection counterpart "AX6000". The stem “Zeus“ and the handlebar “AX4000“ have already been available beforehand..
The fork is manufactured as a seamless one-piece component according to the same philosophy of fabrication that was applied to the stem “Zeus“. Thus, powerful jumps and stress concentrations are limited to a minimum.
The shape of the fork reflects the interplay of design, material properties, and ways of manufacturing. Thus, a harmonic flow of the fibre from the shank to the fork blades prevents from buckling strain. The fork blades fluently blend into the dropouts completely made of carbon. That helps to save weight and renders an aluminium insert unnecessary. An aluminium sleeve is only necessary for the brake fixture and the bearing seat as compression strain is better absorbed here.
Ax-lightness treads new paths in foam core technology when it comes to redeveloping and refining the manufacturing process. This opens up new perspectives in design and dimensioning. Analogous to the brakes “Orion“ and the setback seatpost “Daedalus“, an embedded surface logo has been integrated. By using a foam core that serves as a laminating core and as a supporting element during operation, wall thicknesses of only a few tenth millimeters can be realized without bulging or thus, provoking losses in rigidity. This is reflected in the low weight of approx. 257g at an uncut steerer length of 300mm.
A bracing is integrated between the interior and exterior side of the girder that provides for increased lateral stiffness during pedal bob. This way of construction however allows for a higher stiffness to weight ratio than simply extending the wall thickness of the girder.
A damage tolerance in case of overstraining is the safety-related advantage of foam core constructions. Thus testing forks never break through completely or abruptly at the fixing point during internal testing, but feature sufficient residual rigidity after failing that even allows for driving on. Unsafe sharp-edged ruptures of broken-off forks belong to the past.
Tools developed for this purpose are independent of autoclavs and standard furnaces. An integrated heating with a maximum power of 7kW achieves a high heating rate and works efficiently as the heat flow is directly conducted into the tool without an insulating medium such as air.
Specifications:
* Finish: UD carbon
* steerer Ø 1 1/8""
* 257g (300 mm steerer length)
* Use: road only
* Rider weight limit: 85kg
The fork is manufactured as a seamless one-piece component according to the same philosophy of fabrication that was applied to the stem “Zeus“. Thus, powerful jumps and stress concentrations are limited to a minimum.
The shape of the fork reflects the interplay of design, material properties, and ways of manufacturing. Thus, a harmonic flow of the fibre from the shank to the fork blades prevents from buckling strain. The fork blades fluently blend into the dropouts completely made of carbon. That helps to save weight and renders an aluminium insert unnecessary. An aluminium sleeve is only necessary for the brake fixture and the bearing seat as compression strain is better absorbed here.
Ax-lightness treads new paths in foam core technology when it comes to redeveloping and refining the manufacturing process. This opens up new perspectives in design and dimensioning. Analogous to the brakes “Orion“ and the setback seatpost “Daedalus“, an embedded surface logo has been integrated. By using a foam core that serves as a laminating core and as a supporting element during operation, wall thicknesses of only a few tenth millimeters can be realized without bulging or thus, provoking losses in rigidity. This is reflected in the low weight of approx. 257g at an uncut steerer length of 300mm.
A bracing is integrated between the interior and exterior side of the girder that provides for increased lateral stiffness during pedal bob. This way of construction however allows for a higher stiffness to weight ratio than simply extending the wall thickness of the girder.
A damage tolerance in case of overstraining is the safety-related advantage of foam core constructions. Thus testing forks never break through completely or abruptly at the fixing point during internal testing, but feature sufficient residual rigidity after failing that even allows for driving on. Unsafe sharp-edged ruptures of broken-off forks belong to the past.
Tools developed for this purpose are independent of autoclavs and standard furnaces. An integrated heating with a maximum power of 7kW achieves a high heating rate and works efficiently as the heat flow is directly conducted into the tool without an insulating medium such as air.
Specifications:
* Finish: UD carbon
* steerer Ø 1 1/8""
* 257g (300 mm steerer length)
* Use: road only
* Rider weight limit: 85kg
