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What is Toray Carbon? Why It Matters on a Road Bike

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What is Toray Carbon? Why It Matters on a Road Bike

If you've been shopping for a carbon road bike you've probably seen "Toray carbon" on a spec sheet and wondered what it actually means. Here's the short version — it matters a lot. Toray Industries is a Japanese materials company and the world's largest manufacturer of carbon fibre — the industry benchmark for quality, stiffness and weight, and the same material used by Trek, Specialized, Pinarello, Cannondale and Giant in their premium race frames.