View Single Post
Old 01-05-15, 09:01 PM
  #22  
CliffordK
Senior Member
 
CliffordK's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Eugene, Oregon, USA
Posts: 27,547
Mentioned: 217 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 18378 Post(s)
Liked 4,512 Times in 3,354 Posts
Originally Posted by hotbike
No. Carbon-Fiber bike frames are NOT welded.

Carbon is NOT a Metal...

Any attempt to weld a Carbon Frame would probably set the Bike on fire.
You can "weld" most plastics, and CF is basically fiber reinforced plastic. However, simple welding it would be extremely weak at the joints without additional reinforcement. I have a CF frame with round tubes and aluminum lugs, but the lugs are cast, of course,
CliffordK is offline