TIME FRAME ZXRS
(2013)
75139005 TIFRA75139005SLRCFTE BLACK LABEL red/carbon M, 55cm
75139025 TIFRA751390250002FTE TEAM12 white M, 55cm
75141065 TIFRA75141065SLCOFTC carbon/orange XS, 51cm
Time has been building handmade,
proprietary-carbon frames in France for over 2 decades focusing on the finest
materials and only producing top-tier framesets with uncompromising integrity
sets a benchmark that few other companies can compete with.
The ZXRS model uses Time’s RTM technology - Resin Transfer Molding.
Rather than using a pre-preg technique (using sheets of carbon pre-impregnated
with resin), Time use a liquid moulding process where the epoxy resin is
injected into the mould to bond the structure.
Their
in-house methods allow them to lace Vectran – a more pliable, Kevlar-like
fiber, called VibRaser in TIME-speak – into certain sections of the carbon
that dampens vibration without compromising the stiffness or strength of
the material. This, they say, is the key to the excellent ride quality that
their frames achieve.
Interwoven Vectran fibers add dampening
qualities to the carbon matrix to buffer road vibration from an otherwise
ultra-stiff frameset.
Special attention to geometry, aero
seatmast and downtube, makes the frame and rider aerodynamic and proficient at
high speed.