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The EWS events are often a showcase for all that is new and cutting edge, space age materials suspended with technology so sophisticated that it would not be out of place on a F1 car. The industry has come a long way, computer aided linkage design packages and rapid prototyping allow huge leaps in progress. Carbon bikes normally require big design and development budgets, traditionally not the the material of choice for smaller independent designers. However if you watched rider number 473, Giampaolo Gambelunghe at the Finale Ligure EWS charging through the rocks, you would be surprised to hear that his frame is a one off design, hand built by Mirco Cetra. The Black Tech free ride.