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Old 01-06-08 | 01:27 AM
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NoReg
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Nice thing about composites is they don't require as much gear as working with steel. I've done quite a few different composite projects, mostly boats, and while it can be tricky handling the materials, the main tools required are fairly cheap. In most cases you can probably avoid many frame prep tools also, since you are heating and distorting materials.

The less nice thing is that you are somewhat on your own as to how to configure the composite internal lugs. I don't know how it is done, but if I was going to do it, I would go out and buy some bamboo, of the size required and make sure I could get the stuff I actually need, as far as size and wall thickness. I'd go for tonkin cane since it has excellent structural qualities and is available if a little pricey. Then I would sellect the metal parts, probably aluminum, that I required for the BB and head tube, etc... I would work out the size of internal stubs required to bond the bamboo, and I would make foam models I could glue to the metal bits, then cover that whole assembly in carbon fiber.
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