Carbon Fibre Game Changer | Inside 3T's Italian Bike Factory

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Bikes made from carbon fibre have been available since the mid 1980s but the carbon manufacturing process is evolving. Through the use of innovative machinery and filament winding without resin, 3T are able to craft tubes and frames with increasingly more complex shapes. Ollie was lucky enough to get a tour of the 3T factory in Lombardy to see how.

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