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Non Life Sciences => Technology => Topic started by: thedoc on 10/08/2010 17:36:35

Title: What materials are used to make fast road bikes?
Post by: thedoc on 10/08/2010 17:36:35

Endurance events like the Tour de France rely on strong, sturdy, yet fast equipment to win points, time and stages.  So the structure and design of these road bikes is constantly developing.  To find out more about their design, Meera went along to the warehouse of Trek Bikes, providers to team RadioShack on the tour, and met media officer and avid cyclist, Chris Garrison.
Read a transcript of the interview by clicking here (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/interviews/interview/1388/)

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