Google Tech Talks
March 22, 2007
ABSTRACT: This presentation will be about 20-30 minutes, discussing Kestrel’s initial development and design of the first carbon fiber bicycles, as well as what the future holds. It will be followed by Q&A, allowing time for attendees to get an up close look at Kestrel’s bikes and carbon products at the end.
Speaker: Preston Sandusky, Co-owner and Engineer at Kestrel Bicycles.
Kestrel Bicycles
Kestrel Bicycles have been perfecting speed science since 1987, starting with the world’s first all-carbon frame, and they use every tool and trick at their disposal to make Kestrels Bicycles the fastest bikes on the planet. Kestrel starts with 20 years of sweat equity and hard-won know-how, with the most experienced carbon design team in cycling. Kestrel hasn’t just tried and explored every trick in the book—they wrote the book, and that experience is irreplaceable.
The modern bicycle is one of man’s most refined machines, the culmination of over a century of design evolution. There are no great leaps left in cycle design—making a faster bike depends on small, detailed refinements, and Kestrel is better at it than anyone.
Every Kestrel is meticulously engineered, millimeter by millimeter—modeled, computer-simulated, prototyped, subjected to rigorous structural testing, test-ridden, refined and redesigned. Kestrel hones their designs over and over, until they’ve achieved perfection, then meticulously hand-build each frame using the tightest quality-control standards in the business. Kestrel doesn’t cut corners for production, sales or marketing demands, because performance and quality—like speed—are absolutes.