Lance Armstrong Wins 4th Tour de France on Bike Frame Invented, Designed, and Developed by
ClosedMold Composites Founder Ron H. Nelson

      Nelson invented, developed, and designed Trek Bicycle Company's OCLV line of road and mountain bicycles, and the manufacturing process(listen to radio soundclip). He marketed concept to customer, negotiated long term development and licensing contract, performed large majority of all product and process design and development including structural testing including design of tooling and production equipment. This was a $6MM business for Trek in first model year (92' model year), and grew to about $45MM by fourth production year. The basic manufacturing process is unchanged after 10 years, and Trek has no significant competitors in all-composite framed bicycles. (ClosedMold presentation to SAMPE on bicycle molding.)