Module_01 // Independent Lab

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Component testing · Permanent DOI · No conflict of interest
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In-house testing has a structural problem: it's run by whoever sells the component.

Press reviews have another: they don't cite equations. There's a third option almost nobody runs in this region — reproducible technical documentation, with a permanent DOI, internationally indexed, with no author on commission.

That's what we do.

SEE PUBLISHED STUDIES ↓ PROPOSE A STUDY →
Module_02 // The_Document_You_Need

The Product Manager doesn't need convincing. They need the document that shows their boss why the diagnosis is trustworthy.

A press test is an opinion with a photo. An in-house test has a declared conflict of interest. A white paper with a DOI is something else: citable, permanent, indexed on OpenAIRE, reproducible by any engineer with access to the same conditions. It doesn't disappear. It can't be edited. It has no commercial agenda.

That document is what we produce.

Module_03 // Deliverables

Every study produces four assets:

WHITE_PAPER with a permanent DOI on Zenodo Citable. Indexed on OpenAIRE. Reproducible. → CSV with downloadable raw data No interpretation. The numbers, directly. → DECLARED UNCERTAINTY BANDS Monte Carlo or Latin Hypercube, per system. Uncertainty isn't hidden — it's quantified. → PUBLIC METHODOLOGY Any engineer can replicate it or refute it. That's the difference between science and marketing.

// A private study builds authority for no one. Publishing the report is part of the value.

Module_04 // Published_Studies

We built this with no one asking us to. It's the calibration of what we do when there's a real component on the table.

White_Paper // MTB Suspension

Dual-chamber polytropic model

Monte Carlo 10,000 iterations. 132 suspensions calibrated against official Fox, RockShox and Öhlins tables.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20672790 READ →
White_Paper // Tyres & Pressure

Berto 15% drop criterion

Census of 321 tyres (BRR). Latin Hypercube 10,000 samples. Sobol indices. Cross-validation vs SILCA and Rene Herse.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20671797 READ →
White_Paper // Drivetrain 11s vs 12s

Spicer + Lodge thermodynamic model

Monte Carlo 10,000 iterations. Friction losses, per-sprocket efficiency, 5-year cost analysis. Downloadable CSV.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19229331 READ →
White_Paper // New-Bike Mechanical State

5 failure vectors

Lubrication, hydraulics, drivetrain, torque and wheel integrity. Dataset of 47 units.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20249194 READ →
AUTHOR: Carlos Eduardo Ravello Joo ORCID: 0009-0007-5631-7436 INDEXED ON: Zenodo · OpenAIRE · ORCID LANGUAGES: Español · English · Português (PT-BR)
Module_05 // Testing_Axes

Five areas with methodology already documented:

TYRES & PRESSURE Constant-deflection model. Cross-validation SILCA / Rene Herse. Correction for real internal width. Front/rear coupling. MTB SUSPENSION Dual-chamber polytropic. Inverse calibration by brand and model. Leverage ratio, temperature, nitrogen variation. DRIVETRAIN Per-sprocket friction losses. Efficiency under real load. Energy and economic cost per kilometre. HYDRAULIC BRAKES Fade thermodynamics. DOT vs mineral behaviour. High-altitude analysis (>3,000 m). Pads and rotors. TRIBOLOGY & LUBRICATION Chain wear under specific contaminants. Galvanic corrosion between dissimilar materials. Greases and lubricants in local climate conditions.

// If the study you need is outside these axes, we discuss the protocol before committing to anything.

Module_06 // Client_Profile

Brands that need independent validation before distributing in Latin America.

Distributors that need a documented technical argument for their regional market, not the manufacturer's marketing material.

Product engineers who need unbiased comparative data on how a component behaves in local conditions — altitude, humidity, region-specific contaminants.

Importers who want to differentiate their catalogue with their own scientific documentation.

// This isn't for influencers. // It isn't for YouTube reviews. // It's for those who understand a DOI is worth more than ten reviews.
Module_07 // Collaboration_Protocol
_01 // INITIAL CONSULTATION

You describe the component and the goal of the study.

No form. No bureaucracy.

_02 // METHODOLOGY PROPOSAL

We propose protocol, instrumentation and timeline.

Before touching anything, we agree on what we measure and how.

_03 // TECHNICAL REVIEW

You receive the draft white paper for technical review.

You verify the methodology. We integrate factual corrections.

_04 // PUBLICATION WITH DOI

The report is published on Zenodo.

The data is yours. The report is public. That's how independent science works.

Module_08 // Contact
Send us the component.
We bring the physics.

// If you need the first study under NDA before publishing, we can talk about that too.

BikeLab Studio Industrial Noir / Independent component-testing lab / Carlos Eduardo Ravello Joo · ORCID 0009-0007-5631-7436 · Trujillo, Peru · COORD_8.1159_S / 79.0299_W