I have a friend and colleague here in the engineering school of material sciences who thinks that cyclists are ridiculous. I think he's right.

Now, we have another material to argue about: flax.

That's right, the wonder fibre that's good for you're regularity has now been picked by Museeuw as the fibre of choice for frames...
discuss amongst yourselves...break off into groups of no more than 5...

http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/newsitem.php?id=22098

As this thread is useless without pics, here ya go: