NANOTECHNOLOGY

The new G4 frameset uses some of the most advanced technologies available in a bicycle to achieve an 860 gram weight. This is quite possibly the lightest production frame on the market and it has a lifetime warranty. BH achieves this magical blend of low-weight, great ride and toughness using Nanotechnology resins.

The weakest areas in a traditional carbon-fiber component are the tiny spaces between the fibers that contain only resin. To radically improve strength and toughness in these critical areas, scientists have developed advanced resins containing microscopic carbon nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes are an array of carbon atoms arranged in a pattern of hexagons and pentagons. These structures can be manufactured in tubular shapes one billionth of a meter in diameter, hence the name nanotube. Carbon nanotubes have been called “the strongest fiber that will ever be made”. Nanotubes have a strength-to-weight ratio orders of magnitude greater than steel.