July 14, 2015 | By Alec
As any athlete will tell you, fitness and regular training are of crucial importance, but equipment can make a small difference too. Fortunately, more and more sport startups are realizing that 3D printing is becoming a perfect manufacturing tool for creating customized equipment that suits the specific needs and preferences of the individual athlete. The Italian bicycle startup Werking is one of those businesses, as they have just presented Mount 3D, 3D printed custimizable bike mounts for GPS and other devices that fits multiple brands and multiple bikes. A universal tool perfect for cyclists with very specific equipment preferences.
Werking, to explain, is a very young Italian startup that focuses completely on innovating the bicycle industry. It has been founded in Trentino in late 2014by Andreas Sega, a graduate from the University of Parma who won the “Motorcycle of the future” Contest of IED Turin in 2011. He has been using 3D printers since 2013, and is also one of the co-founders of Italian 3D printing forum Stampa3D-forum.it. With Werking, he explains on his website, he is seeking to bring high level customization options to the general cycling public.
And with his first product, Werking is off to an excellent start. While a bicycle mount for electronic devices might not sound like such a revolutionary tool to have, you’d be surprised about how widespread these things are in the bicycle world. Hobbyists and athletes alike tend to use a wide array of data collection tools while cycling, including GPS, altitude measuring tools and and data tracking devices to optimize performances. While all of these come with their own plastic mount, a steering wheel can get pretty cluttered pretty quickly if you have mutiple devices you don’t always use.
That’s where Werking’s Mount 3D comes in. With it, cyclists will only really need to a single mount for a large number of device options. ‘The new bicycle mount is universal. In fact, you can use 3D mount with many devices currently on the market, such as Garmin, Bryton or Polar thanks to the removable plastic inserts,’ Sega explains to 3ders.org. Specifically, 3D Mount is compatible with all Garmin and Bryton devices and two Polar options (the V650 and V450).
All 3D Mounts have been 3D printed to produce an elegant and areodynamic design. Being mostly plastic (except for the screws), the entire part is also very lightweight, coming in at just 20 grams. But perhaps most attractive is the fact that they are fully customizable. Want a mount to match your team color scheme? No problem? It is currently available in black, fluorescent yellow and white, with more colors following in the near future. Emblazoning your name or team name on the mount is also easily done to complete the aesthetic picture.
If you’re interested, you can order one now on the Werking website here. A single 3D Mount costs just 32 euros excluding shipping (comparable to non-universal mounts). Customization of the text will cost an additional 10 euros. However, if you’re interested, sign up as soon as possible, as you will be given a 15% discount if you register before the actual product launches later this month.
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