carbon fiber
2 stories filed under carbon fiber on Spoot: Spotted Early. The newest of them: “Leica marries motorsport carbon fiber to a Q3 you'll want to touch” and “BRABUS and Fragment tag-team a $50K e-moto for the crosswalk set”. Leica has bolted a piece of Formula 1 chassis onto a Q3, and the result looks like it could survive a pit-lane collision. The BRABUS Urban E Fragment Edition is a $50,000 electric motorcycle that looks like Hiroshi Fujiwara whispered directly into its frame. Spoot: Spotted Early New things, caught while they're still new and a little weird. Spoot finds fresh gadgets, clever inventions, crowdfunding campaigns,… The list below is every carbon fiber story on Spoot: Spotted Early, newest first.
Leica marries motorsport carbon fiber to a Q3 you'll want to touch
Leica has bolted a piece of Formula 1 chassis onto a Q3, and the result looks like it could survive a pit-lane collision. The special-edition camera swaps the usual leather for motorsport-grade carbon fiber, the kind that shaves grams off a race car and apparently looks just as good wrapped around a lens mount. It's a deliberate, tactile object, you want to run a finger along that weave. Leica and F1 have combined their expertise here, and the racing DNA is unmistakable. But what does it actually do that a standard Q3 doesn't? It takes the same pictures, probably. The appeal is in the feel, the story, the fact that it exists at all. It's a collector's piece, and Leica knows exactly who will pay for it.
BRABUS and Fragment tag-team a $50K e-moto for the crosswalk set
The BRABUS Urban E Fragment Edition is a $50,000 electric motorcycle that looks like Hiroshi Fujiwara whispered directly into its frame. That price tag puts it in a strange, aggressive little pocket, too expensive for a commuter, too small for a highway bike, and absolutely perfect for someone who wants to park a design collaboration on their crosswalk. BRABUS has already given the Urban E its usual pumped-up treatment, but this Fragment version adds a rare layer of street-level curation from the Japanese designer who helped shape an entire era of sneaker and streetwear culture. The real question is whether this motorcycle earns its price through hardware or through that name on the side.