Originally Posted by Rotten Bastard
This is probably a dumb question but will it ever be feasible to make bike frames out of pure carbon (not carbon fibre), like the kind they use for the Easton EC90 fork? It's supposed to be lighter and stronger and doesn't have the epoxy, or something like that.
http://www.eastonbike.com/PRODUCTS/FORKS/fork_ec90_Aero_'06.html
that's the same as any other carbon fork or frame material, it just doesn't have the decorative 'checkerboard' layer on it.
their CNT technology is just an 'improved' resin that's supposed to be a million times stronger than traditional resin because they use nanotubes.
other ways of strengthening resin is to let it cure slower. though many manufacturers don't do this, because the faster they can make these things, the more they can sell.
easton is marketing this CNT stuff for hockey sticks right now too, and from real world experience, it's not stronger or lighter than any other product using a traditional resin.