Episode 118: Tour de France Bikes with Dimitris Katsanis

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As the Tour starts we catch up with our friend, Dimitris Katsanis from Metron Engineering additive-engineering.co.uk/ to find out about the intricacies in the design of the new Pinarello Dogma F bikes. pinarello.com/uk/en As ever, many mainstream media outlets will have missed the subtle and not so subtle details of these new superbikes and Dimitris shares some surprising results from the analysis of the different models.We also get into the world of 3D printing, of which Dimitris has been a pioneer in the world of bikes. Hear how he had to persuade a reluctant Team Sky to use 3D printed bars for Wiggins’ hour record attempt and how he did it.We also get into the ecological side of engineering and production, not just of bikes, but transport in general.Click to view: show page on Awesound