What is Carbon Fibre?
Carbon fibre is the microcrystalline graphite material obtained by carbonized and graphitized organic fibre. It is a new generation of reinforced fibre which combines its intrinsic carbon material properties and the soft workability of a textile fibre. Each wire of carbon fibre has the strength after being spin. Currently, the most common used type of carbon fibre in bicycles is 3K and UD. Each strain of 3K material is woven by 3000 carbon fibre filaments. UD, also known as uni-directional, Has all the fibres in the fabric placed in a parallel direction.
Carbon fibre has gradually replaced aluminium alloy in the bicycle market due to its special characteristics. It is believed that the application of carbon fibre in the bicycle will grow increasingly exponentially over the coming years. The main reasons are that carbon fibre products can be made out of one piece, but aluminium alloy needs welding. Therefore, the appearance of carbon fibre will be more vivid than aluminium. Furthermore, carbon fibre is lighter and excellent in performance by nature.
