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Tom Wieckowski

‘The human element will not be eliminated anytime soon’ - 3D printing, AI, and the future of Carbon Tech from the engineering legend borne out of the Secret Squirrel Club

A Mythos 3D printed frame in a test jig .

“Do you ever see a bike racing on its own? No.” Dimitris Katsanis, with the faintest flicker of a grin, is explaining the need for an aerodynamic ‘total system’ when it comes to going fast on a bike. 

Frame, components, the rider, along with plenty of other things, need to work in harmony together to achieve an effective aerodynamic total system. In short, anyone can have a fast bike, but it’s getting everything lined up together that’s the trick, so that when the rider races the bike, things stay fast. 

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