IDTechEx: Reinventing the wheel: Graphene tyres can up racing bike performance
By Laura Syrett
Published: Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Switzerland-based Vittoria has launched a new range of graphene based bicycle tyres made using novel technology from Italian company Directa Plus, which it says has smashed existing performance standards in the industry and has the potential to be rolled out to other products.
Cycling professionals and enthusiasts are set to be the
latest benefactors of graphene's revolutionary properties, with
the release of a new range of premium tyres for competitive
racing bikes that incorporate the atomic carbon material.
Speaking today at the IDTechEx Europe show in Berlin,
Germany, Rudie Campagne, president of Switzerland-based...