Bicycle component and method for manufacturing such a component

An element body for use in manufacturing a bicycle component, the element body comprising:

• a predetermined configuration formed of multiple, overlapping layers of polymeric material including:
• at least one first layer comprising continuous unidirectional structural fibers that are unidirectionally incorporated in a matrix of polymeric material,
• at least one second layer comprising small pieces of structural fibers randomly dispersed with respect to each other and incorporated in a matrix of polymeric material, and
• a third layer of continuous unidirectional structural fibers arranged according to a direction complementary to a direction of said unidirectional fibers of said at least one first layer,
• wherein said at least one first layer and said at least one second layer are rolled around each other along a rolling axis.

An element body for use in manufacturing a bicycle component, the element body comprising:

• a predetermined configuration formed of:
• (i) multiple, overlapping layers of polymeric material including:
• at least one first layer comprising continuous unidirectional structural fibers that are unidirectionally incorporated in a matrix of polymeric material,
• at least one second layer comprising small pieces of structural fibers randomly dispersed with respect to each other and incorporated in a matrix of polymeric material, and
• a third layer of continuous unidirectional structural fibers arranged according to a direction complementary to a direction of said unidirectional fibers of said at least one first layer;
• and
• (ii) continuous winding of continuous layers of unidirectional fibers along suitable paths that define the element body's shape, wherein said at least one first layer and said at least one second layer are rolled around each other along a rolling axis.