Bicycle Mechanics - Custom bicycle question

Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.



PDA

View Full Version : Custom bicycle question

bluetriforce
05-26-03, 12:35 PM
I have a custom bicycle question to ask? I have looked everywhere online for a custom bicycle frame made of aluminum or other material and one thin sheet real marble material on the frame and can't find anything like that anywhere online. Is it possible for a custom bicycle frame builder to put one sheet of real marble over aluminum or other bicycle frame material. I need your opinion on this.

Thanks,

Chris:)

Rich Clark
05-26-03, 12:52 PM
Marble? As in stone?

Even assuming you could find a sculptor to carve thin hollow tubing out of marble that could be fit over a metal tube, the result would be either so thin as to be incredible fragile or so heavy as to render the bike unridable.

Why not a custom faux-marble paint job? That would look cool.

But somehow I sense I'm missing the point here.

RichC