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Easton® Sports EC90 Zero Seat Fork

Company: Easton® Sports, Inc., Bicycle Products Group

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What They Say

“The EC90 zero-offset is a super-light and strong, all-carbon (except for the bolt) seat post. Easton’s revolutionary EMC (Easton Matrix Composite) technology is used to form long-fiber composite material into the finely detailed seat post head. Now with Carbon Nanotube (CNT) technology.”

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“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, Easton Scientists have developed an innovative Enhanced Resin System using carbon nanotubes (CNT). Carbon nanotubes are an array of carbon atoms arranged in a pattern of hexagons and pentagons (similar to the pattern found on soccer balls). These structures can be manufactured in tubular shapes one billionth of a meter in diameter, hence the name nanotube.”

“Easton’s proprietary process impregnates the resin/fiber matrix with evenly distributed carbon nanotubes. The addition of real carbon nanotubes greatly improves the toughness and strengthens Easton’s already legendary components.”

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Last Updated 01/01/07