Bicycle wheel
AssigneeSCOTT Sports SA
InventorTimothy HABERMACHER
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Abstract
A method is provided for producing a bicycle wheel made of a fiber composite material, including laminating, in one piece and in one step, a rim, a plurality of spokes each including a first spoke section and a second spoke section, and a center having a first center disc and a second center disc, wherein all fibers for the rim, the spokes, and the center are laid in mold parts in the one step; curing the laminated rim, spokes, and center to form the bicycle wheel; and removing the formed bicycle wheel in said one piece from the mold, wherein the spokes are laminated and cured such that the first spoke section and the second spoke section have a substantially straight shape.
Claims19
A method for producing a bicycle wheel made from a fiber composite material, comprising:
- laminating, in one piece and in one step, a rim, a plurality of spokes each comprising a first spoke section and a second spoke section, and a center having a first center disc and a second center disc, wherein all fibers for the rim, the spokes, and the center are laid in mold parts in the one step;
- curing the laminated rim, spokes, and center to form the bicycle wheel;
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- removing the formed bicycle wheel in said one piece from the mold,
- wherein the spokes are laminated and cured such that the first spoke section and the second spoke section have a substantially straight shape.
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