Diamondback Podium Vitesse Shimano Ultegra - 2016

As nice as the Podium Vitesse's component list is, all good rides start with the frame. The main triangle comes to life through Diamondback's Advanced Monocoque Molding Process (AMMP). AMMP starts with a polystyrene pre-form core and a plastic, internal bladder describing the shape of the frame. Different carbon moduli from Mitsubishi and Toray are laid-up around this core in order to hit the sweet spot of stiffness and comfortable compliance, and the whole package is then encased in an external shell to match the internal bladder and keep the inside surface as smooth and unblemished as the outside. Key structural joints are reinforced with silicone mandrel shells in order to ensure the best possible strength-to-weight ratio, and Diamondback eschews pre-preg carbon in favor of their own proprietary Optimized Resin Compound to ensure total control over the materials' consistency and the frame's qualities.

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