Bio-Based DYNEEMA® Fiber is Lighter, Stronger, and Smarter
Dyneema®fiber is 15x stronger than steel at the same weight and is so light that it floats on water. The promise of integrating Dyneema® in carbon structures has been making headlines for years now, but to date, very few manufacturers have been able to incorporate the material. TIME is different‚ we aren't reliant on materials availability from large carbon prepreg manufacturers. By weaving our braided carbon structures (BCS), we have been able to test strands of sustainable Bio-Based Dyneema® fibers since they first became available from DSM.
SUBLIME RIDE FEEL
Braided Carbon Structure is the weaving of dry fibers into complex bi-directional ‘socks.’ These tubes of fiber are easy to tune with different materials – TIME currently chooses from 16 filaments to perfectly tailor our layups. This process also allows something unheard of in the cycling world; continuous fibers that run the full length of a structure. With standard prepreg layup, fibers end where the sheets do, creating inherent weaknesses.
BCS is the way we’ve always made our products and we’re one of the only bike manufacturers doing it.
PREMIUM QUALITY
Resin Transfer Moulding is the best way to minimize defects in the frame structure. By laying up dry fibers and then injecting resin at high pressure between rigid external AND internal molds, air pockets and voids are eliminated. Unlike the industry-standard prepreg layup and airbag molding, RTM quality is uniform and consistent yielding a beautiful near-finished product. While the RTM process is ubiquitous in aerospace and high-end automotive applications, it’s almost unheard of in cycling and your TIME is unique.
