Case Study: Trek Bicycle achieves rapid, high-performance coupled optimization with Rescale

Trek Bicycle Uses Rescale To Run Cutting Edge Coupled Optimization Analysis

Trek Bicycle, a leading bicycle manufacturer focused on top-tier performance and durability, faced limits in internal compute capacity when running complex coupled CFD and optimization studies. To meet tight deadlines and access industry software, Trek turned to Rescale’s cloud simulation platform to run Star-CCM+ and HEEDS together for advanced drafting analyses.

Rescale enabled Trek to instantly provision 64 high‑performance cores and over 2 TB SSD storage to run coupled Star-CCM+ and HEEDS jobs in parallel, cutting simulation runtime versus internal resources, accelerating design decisions, and reducing costs by leveraging existing software licenses. Rescale’s predefined workflows, global HPC infrastructure, and secure isolated clusters allowed Trek to run complex optimizations faster and more securely.

Trek Bicycle

Chad Manuell

Director of Engineering