Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
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3D printing is becoming an important part of the manufacturing process, from rapid prototyping to additive manufacturing. But could we be riding fully 3D printed bikes in the near future? Simon Richardson travels to Amsterdam to find out if it's all a pipedream.
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Since the early nineteenth century bikes have come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. From penny farthings to boneshakers to modern super-light road bikes. Since their inception bikes have been made from all sorts of materials ranging from wood and steel to aluminium and carbon fibre. Simon Richardson however, is on the hunt for the bike of the future. He's travelling to Amsterdam to find out if 3D printing could graduate from its current uses in rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing and take over as the preferred method to create bicycles.
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3D printing is becoming an important part of the manufacturing process, from rapid prototyping to additive manufacturing. But could we be riding fully 3D printed bikes in the near future? Simon Richardson travels to Amsterdam to find out if it's all a pipedream.
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Since the early nineteenth century bikes have come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. From penny farthings to boneshakers to modern super-light road bikes. Since their inception bikes have been made from all sorts of materials ranging from wood and steel to aluminium and carbon fibre. Simon Richardson however, is on the hunt for the bike of the future. He's travelling to Amsterdam to find out if 3D printing could graduate from its current uses in rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing and take over as the preferred method to create bicycles.
GCN+ is the home of the world’s most thrilling live bike races, highlights, exclusive shows and epic cycling documentaries that you can enjoy live + ad-free + on-demand + interactive + all-year round.
GCN+ is more of everything you’ve come to love from GCN but taken to the next level: more entertainment, more races, more inspiration, more access, more analysis, more science and more to watch with exclusive and original long-form films, documentaries and shows.
GCN+ is cycling like you’ve never seen it before.
