Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Lexus' LFA Works now making carbon fiber bicycles... kind of

Lexus' LFA Works now making carbon fiber bicycles... kind of

The LFA Works that produced the Lexus LFA hasn't had too much to do since the 500th example of the V10 supercar left the plant on December 15, 2012. So what are a bunch of carbon fiber experts meant to do with their time when they have some of the world's most advanced CFRP machinery but no engine to wrap it with. Why, make a bicycle, of course - and not just any bicycle, but the kind that costs one million Japanese yen ($10,000 US) and of which only 100 will be made. Only they didn't really "make" it – the carbon fiber frame was sourced from Takumi, in Taiwan.

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