"The first one that jumped out at me was this new aero road Speedform, whose shaping wouldn't be surprising at all if it were made of carbon, but this is an entirely titanium frame! A bit less shock is the AM64 Carbon, which leverages 3D-printing to create smooth ti seat cluster and bottom bracket junctions, allowing Laverack to slip in an extended carbon seattube & seat mast with a ti topper to mount your saddle."
"Laverack describes their new Speedform as "the future of titanium aerodynamics", which doesn't even sound like an exaggeration when you look at this thing. We've seen loads of titanium bikes employ 3D-printing to improve integration and create smooth tubing transitions, and often paired with carbon tubes for their design flexibility. But really only last year's No. 22 prototype ever presented a fully ti design that truly broke from conventional metal tube shaping."
J.Laverack advances additive manufacturing for titanium bicycles with two new bespoke models: the fully titanium Speedform and the AM64 Carbon. The Speedform features CFD-optimized aerodynamic shaping produced by 3D-printing the frame in three sections, then precisely welding and smoothing the joins to create near-continuous surfaces indistinguishable from carbon. The AM64 Carbon uses 3D-printed titanium seat cluster and bottom bracket junctions to integrate an extended carbon seattube and seat mast, topped with a titanium saddle mount. Development of the Speedform spanned two years and included collaboration with Loughborough University to analyze aerodynamic gains.
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