Specialist in composites and aerodynamics, having wind tunnel tested her wheel designs with no less than 3 World Tour Teams.

Luisa Grappone hails from the motherland of cycling, pink jerseys and big mountain climbing (aka Italy), but has made the move to Sussex to further strengthen the Hunt wheel development team as our full time in-house wheel engineer. With an MSc in Aerospace Engineering Luisa has a wealth of experience in the bicycle industry having worked for a total of 9 years at Italy's two most prestigious wheel companies with much of her life spent sweating over hot CAD drawings, carbon fibre lay-ups and crunching wind tunnel data.