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Already have an account? Photo: Dan King/Breakaway Media Luisa Grappone never imagined she’d be working in the cycling industry. In fact, her real dream was to be an astronaut. So, after the Italian finished her master’s degree in aerospace engineering, she applied to an internship with the then-European Space Agency, and she got very close to working in the sky.  “It was to be on this team of people that teach astronauts what do to for their specific mission,” she told VeloNews. “...

April 5, 2021 at 2:30 pm In this latest episode of BikeRadar Meets, technical writer Simon Bromley talks to Luisa Grappone, engineering and product manager at Hunt Bike Wheels. Advertisement An aerodynamics and composite materials expert, Luisa worked on Boeing’s 787 programme, and at 3T and Campagnolo, before joining Hunt in August 2017. Simon and Luisa delve deep into the technical aspects of making wheels for some of the fastest cyclists in the world, and chat about how smaller companies ...

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