Using WIT and hot-runner technology to create lightweight youth bicycles

Lion Youth Bike Recycled Carbon Meets Precision Hot-Runner Technology

2026-05-13 From Melanie Ehrhardt 5 min Reading Time

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The injection-molded frame of the Lion youth bikes is made of polyamide reinforced with 40 percent recycled carbon fiber. What makes it special: It is manufactured using water injection molding combined with FLEXflow HRS hot runner technology from Oerlikon HRSflow.

Cool and sustainable: The new Lion Bikes for kids, featuring frames and forks made of polyamide and recycled carbon fiber.(Bild: Kids' Bike Revolution) — Cool and sustainable: The new Lion Bikes for kids, featuring frames and forks made of polyamide and recycled carbon fiber.
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High safety and stability, lightweight design, sustainable manufacturing and construction—with these features, the Lion youth bikes from Kids Bike Revolution are setting new standards in the industry. A key factor in this is their Fibrit frames, available in two sizes. Fibrit is a polyamide (PA) reinforced with 40% recycled carbon fiber; it is lightweight and recyclable itself.

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