Open Truss Frame
- carbon fiber open truss pyramid frame
- Tiny Carbon Fiber Pyramids Used For Lighter & Stronger Bike Frames
- IsoTruss carbon fiber and Kevlar open lattice tube design.
- While it might look unusual, the frame pictured above weighs just 2.75 pounds and is as strong as any other frame on the market.
- The IsoTruss technology actually uses a series of small pyramid shaped structures that are all connected together to form a tube.
- The pyramids are made of hand woven strands of carbon fiber that are bundled together and wrapped in Kevlar.
- All in all, each bike frame includes 1,672 feet of carbon fiber and takes about 300 hours to build.
- As a result Delta 7 Sports only plans to produce about 200 of these frames in 2008.
- A complete Arantix mountain bike starts at $11,995, but you can also order just the IsoTruss carbon composite frame for $6,995.
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