What OCLV Does For Trek Mountain Bikes
Anyone with a bit of biking knowledge knows that durability is key for a good bike. Of course, it makes no sense paying hundreds or thousands of pounds for a bike that can’t handle tough trails.A mountain bike which shows the strain quickly isn’t going to last, so it’s not a good choice for a serious rider. Bikers looking for durability need to check out Trek mountain bikes.
Full suspension bikes, hardtails, road bikes and women’s bikes are all offered as part of trek mountain bikes’ range. Almost all of their frames are available as carbon fibre or aluminium models.As experienced bikers will know, many prefer carbon fibre frames because they are lightweight.Unfortunately, with lightweight often comes the disadvantage of a bike being less durable: not so with Trek mountain bikes.
The durability that is so apparent in Trek mountain bikes is owed to the technique used in the production of their carbon fibre frames.Trek mountain bikes invented and have patented a process of production known as Optimum Compaction Low Void, or OCLV for short. Trek mountain bikes can boast of being the only manufacturer to use this method.
The technique means heat and pressure are applied to multidirectional layers of carbon fibre to densely compress them. Whilst this may seem complex it is only a variation on typical methods of heat treating carbon fibre and resin.This technique achieves what Trek mountain bikes call ‘an optimum ratio of fibre to resin’ which maximises strength whilst minimising weight. That means that the technique gives the best durability to weight ratio there is.
The low void part of the name refers to the elimination of voids. Voids being the small or even microscopic gaps which can be found between layers of carbon fibre.Since it is these small gaps which are typically the source of fatigue failures, there is obviously benefit to eliminating them.
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