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Originally Posted by Artkansas
I don't know if everyone is familiar with SEMA the annual show for the Specialty Equipment Marketing Association. Its the big trade show for the automotive aftermarket industry. That translates to a hall full of hotrods, custom cars and boothbabes.

Ordinarily, a bicycle is the last thing you'd expect there. This is valhalla to the "Car Guy". But in reading a blog on Car Domains, I found pictures of a couple of carbon-fiber foldies and a well-hauled chopper. Do you think that things may be beginning to change?
Pshaw. Here in Portland, we've been making our own carbon-fiber body shells for recumbents for years. I've been up to my armpits in epoxy creating these machines:

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