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ʻO ke paikikala māmā loa o ka honua, i hana ʻia me ka hui ʻana o ke kalapona fiber, he 11 paona wale nō (ma kahi o 4.99 kg) ke kaumaha.
I kēia manawa, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā paikikala fiber kalapona ma ka mākeke e hoʻohana wale i ka fiber kalapona i loko o ke ʻano o ka mōlina, ʻoiai ʻo kēia hoʻomohala ʻana e hoʻohana i ka fiber kalapona i loko o ka ʻō, nā huila, nā handlebar, ka noho, ka pou noho, nā cranks a me nā paleki o ke paikikala.
Hana ʻia nā ʻāpana hui kalapona ikaika kiʻekiʻe a pau o ke paikikala me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kaʻina hana P3, kahi huaʻōlelo pōkole no Prepreg, Performance and Process.
Hana lima ʻia nā ʻāpana fiber kalapona a pau mai ka prepreg a hana ʻia i loko o nā ʻoihana heihei haʻuki koi a me nā ʻoihana aerospace e hōʻoia i ke kaumaha māmā loa a me nā paikikala paʻa loa. I mea e hoʻokō ai i nā koi hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa no ka paʻakikī, nui nō hoʻi ka ʻāpana ʻāpana o ke paikikala.

Hana ʻia ke kino holoʻokoʻa o ke paikikala mai ka thermoplastic kalapona paʻi 3D, kahi mea i ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma mua o nā kino kalapona kuʻuna ma ka mākeke i kēia manawa. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka thermoplastic ʻaʻole wale ia e hoʻoikaika i ke paikikala a ʻoi aku ka pale ʻana i ka hopena, akā e māmā hoʻi ke kaumaha.