The First Million’s the Hardest: Carbon’s Achievement with 3D Printed Bike Saddles

Last month I wrote an ode to 3D printed football helmet liners, as well as a brief overview of some of the biggest additive manufacturing (AM) success stories for the sporting goods market. Carbon was featured in both posts, of course, as they’re arguably the best at developing AM applications for anything athletics-related.

The company just demonstrated again why it’s the most obvious contender for that title, with the news that it has officially surpassed one million bike saddles produced with its machines. This is a major accomplishment, and the company’s CEO, Phil DeSimone, accurately framed what Carbon and its partners — leading cycling brands like Specialized, as well as the ecosystem of more than 40 contract manufacturers globally that use Carbon systems — as the creation of “an en