Cervelo Cycles Ratchets up Technical Performance on Next-Generation Racing Bikes

Cervelo Cycles Ratchets up Technical Performance on Next-Generation Racing Bikes
Noran Engineering announced that Cervelo Cycles, a manufacturer of professional competition road and triathlon bikes, has selected a portfolio of Noran Engineering's finite element analysis software for use in product development.

Cervelo explained that the level of design sophistication in the bicycle industry has been steadily increasing and computer-aided engineering tools are needed to meet the challenges of optimizing engineering materials like carbon composites and extending design metrics like strength-to-weight ratio, vibration characteristics, and flexural stiffness.

"We chose Noran Engineering's NEiNastran because of its accuracy, functionality, and demonstrated value in similarly demanding applications," said Don Guichard, director of engineering for Cervelo Cycles.

Cervelo most recently introduced a super-light carbon frame with high stiffness-to-weight, the Soloist Carbon-SL, and provided bikes in this year's Tour de France to Team CSC, which earned two stage wins by Jens Voight and Frank Schleck, earned second in the team classification, and saw Carlos Sastre finish fourth overall.