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. If a mountain bike begins showing strain early on in its life then it won’t last and is unlikely to be the right choice for anyone other than a very beginner. 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. Most of their frames are available in a choice of aluminium or carbon fibre frames. Carbon fibre frames are often the preference of experienced riders because of their lightweight. Sadly, with many mountain bikes low weight equals low durability: not so for Trek mountain bikes.

Trek mountain bikes owe their durability to the technique used in the production of their carbon fibre frames. Optimum Compaction Low Void, or OCLV, is a process of production which was invented by Trek mountain bikes. The only manufacturer to use this precise process is Trek mountain bikes.

The technique involves applying heat and pressure to compress multidirectional layers of carbon fibre densely. The process may sound complex but it is in reality just a variation on the typical process of heat treating carbon fibre and resin. Trek mountain bikes say that this technique achieves ‘an optimum ratio of fibre to resin’ giving plenty of strength but 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 fact that this method of production all but eliminates the presence 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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