Our story from Formula One, to cycling.
ABOUT US
About Us
At SN-Vitae, we specialise in designing and manufacturing high-precision cycling components that prioritise performance and durability.
We dedicate ourselves to quality. Our mission is clear: we use top engineering to make better parts for your cycling experience.
Our founder, Phil Wilson, has more than 20 years of experience in Aerospace and Formula One engineering. We use the same high standards for our cycling products.
Phil has been a lifelong cyclist and a fan of professional cycling. As a junior, he competed against future big-name riders, such as Mark Renshaw, before deciding to pursue a career in engineering. These days, with a family as well as his own businesses, he rides for fun whenever he can.
What does the brand’s name mean?
A play on an engineering term, the S-N curve exists. This nominally describes the relation between cyclic stress amplitude and number of cycles to failure.
‘Vitae’ is Latin for ‘life’. In essence, it’s about making products to last a lifetime.
In short, our brand and ethos is built on durable products, built to last a lifetime.
Why SN-VITAE?
SN-Vitae is committed to precision-driven performance. Our mission is to enhance the quality, efficiency, durability, and functionality of cycling components. By adhering to higher engineering standards, we ensure that every product we deliver is of the highest quality, providing you with the best possible rider experience.
We cut friction, not corners. SN-Vitae products are designed to instil confidence. When you install an SN-Vitae product, you can trust that it's the very best. Our products are efficient, reliable, and durable for years to come.
With SN-Vitae, you won't even waste a fraction of a watt.
Bottom Brackets
Once your bottom bracket is installed, few people will even see it, and no one will appreciate the painstakingly accurate machining process that ensures the bearings bores are machined to provide enhanced bore alignment for the smoothest of running, but we manufacture the best way for the performance, not the pose value.
Compromise is a dirty word. Compared to the 800bhp+ F1 cars from which we learned our engineering ethos, the one or maybe two horsepower (735-1470W) you can put into a bike, even in a flat-out sprint, may seem small, but it comes with its own engineering challenges.
For the most part, these are driven by weight and manufacturing cost.
The Press-fit bottom bracket standard, for example, is a very good, very light solution. Still, it requires extremely high accuracy in the manufacturing of carbon fibre frames, and that’s expensive, so it often gets compromised. The result is too often a poor fit, which is one reason why the bearing cups can move in the frame and make a noise. The other is poorly designed bottom brackets.
Our single-piece Module One, or 2-piece G.A.S & M47 is the cure for a creaking bottom bracket, and it’s typical of our free-thinking, solution-driven approach to design.
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Ride Worry-Free
Every SN-Vitae bottom bracket casing has a 2-year warranty. This warranty ensures reliability. It gives you the confidence to ride harder and longer.
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