Our Clydesdale specific disc started life as a project to build a stiffer disc for Clydesdale weight athletes, but after a lot of testing and input from Team Clydesdale, we jointly determined that the standard disc adequate for riders up to 400lbs. Our 12 segment uni-fiber construction and 100% carbon fiber rim (no aluminum hoop or bonding) yields a wheel with uniform lateral stiffness regardless of wheel rotation, compared to a woven fiber disc which will be stiffer in 2 or 4 radial planes than in others. We also have over 80 National and World championship medals in tandem TT and tandem track sprinting in the last 5 years (the track disc and road disc are one in the same with a flip-flop hub allowing it to be used as either so we do not make a bulked up track variant) so that hopefully provides some piece of mind.
Also, we do not make helicopter parts, but up until 4 years ago when we split the company in two, we were manufacturing custom designed carbon wings and chassis components as well as doing carbon monocoque tub repairs for numerous teams in both CART and IRL (our factory is 2 blocks from the Indy Motor Speedway), as well as manufacturing carbon inlet ductwork for F15 StrikeEagles, carbon winglets for business jets, and dozens of other military and civilian aircraft components. There was even a period where we were making most all of the custom carbon driver seats for Indy and Champ cars, and the drivers would come in so that we could make a molds of their bodies to fabricate the seats from...half of those guys ended up buying wheels which were being made all of 10 feet away from the mold shop, and we still have many of those drivers as customers today, as cycling is a very popular way of staying in shape amongst race drivers.
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