The Pinarello Bolide F HR 3D is no XTURISMO flying motorbike, but it does take the title of world’s first and fastest 3D-printed bike. Pinarello wanted to seamlessly blend strength and stiffness with aero gains into the bike, so they relied on a production method that would allow for millimeter-perfect sizing.
Its frame and fork were bothdesigned to take advantage of a new alloy called Scalmalloy. This high strength Scandium-Aluminium-Magnesium alloy is essentially an aerospace-grade material suitable for 3D printing. Unlike other bikes, the combined drag of the Bolide’s seat tube as well as seat post is almost 40% of the total drag of the frame and fork. The completed bike was tested by Italian cyclist Filippo Ganna at UCI’s Hour Record, which has riders seeing how far they can ride on an empty track in 1-hour.
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We are always pushing the level of product design to new extremes to allow our champions to achieve their goals” said Fausto Pinarello, Executive Chairman at Pinarello.
