La Révolution. Lapierre Cycles Goes Off-Road with SolidWorks

“You likka ta ride the bicycles?” There’s nothing quite like zipping down the shoulder of the road or through a rocky crevasse with two-wheels and a handlebar between you and a very ugly and extremely stingy road rash. You are so hardcore, but look here.

Lapierre Cycles will make you look like you’re a pro, even if you are on the ground, more than on the actual bike, a bike that has its frame and peripherals designed in SolidWorks and analysis done with SolidWorks Simulation.

Asphalt, Dirt, Technology
The Lapierre team has been designing bikes since 1946 and moved from drawing board to 3D CAD with SolidWorks in 2004. With a lot of focus on R&D, they’ve developed the new OST (Optimized Suspension Technology) technology that takes the bumps and KILLS on the trails.

the patented OST® technology is based on a virtual pivot point system that fights pedal bob. OST® has:

• The existence of an equilibrium point when the rider is on the bike
• A counteraction proportional to any force produced by pedal bob, thus eliminating it”

Video and photos after the break.

The Lapierre line of bikes continually get excellent reviews. As for that road rash. don’t touch it.

Lapierre Bikes Via MyCADBlog; images via BikeMagic