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Metzinger 03-11-09 01:36 PM
Buckyballs! Yay!
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2.../buckyball.jpg

triplebutted 03-11-09 01:40 PM
Originally Posted by urbanknight (Post 8511034)

I think carbon will be done soon. Someone will invent a new super material soon.
I'm thinking Basalt or volcanic material like they make high end tripods out of.

Busta Quad 03-11-09 01:46 PM
The be-all and end-all of carbon will be single-walled carbon-carbon nanotubes.

timmyquest 03-11-09 01:49 PM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Animation.gif

paul_858 03-11-09 03:59 PM
you mean like calfee bikes have been?

Nude finish, tubes don't have a decorative weave layer.

http://cchanphotography.com/biking/0...s/dsc_4193.jpg
http://cchanphotography.com/biking/0...s/dsc_4197.jpg
http://cchanphotography.com/biking/0...s/dsc_4183.jpg

jhota 03-11-09 04:15 PM
those Calfees look funky in person. cool, but funky.

but maybe it's just because the only person i know with one rides a 68cm. which would look funky anyways.

Naterider 03-11-09 04:18 PM
Originally Posted by urbanknight (Post 8511034)
Lemond already did that. It didn't catch on.

I think carbon will be done soon. Someone will invent a new super material soon.
I suggested it as a joke, which is kinda what cf and steel would be(is).

chrisvu05 03-11-09 04:43 PM
colnago tried carbon stays with their Master series a few years back....needless to say my LBS finally just sold their last one after waiting 5 years or so. Why ruin a beautiful classic steel bike like the master, which also has a 1 inch steel fork, with carbon stays? It just looked wrong!

Busta Quad 03-11-09 05:10 PM
Originally Posted by paul_858 (Post 8512341)
you mean like calfee bikes have been?
If you are referring to nanotube, no. They do not use single-wall tubes. Waaaaaay to expensive at this point, and still in the research phase. A frame using single-wall technology would weigh maybe 1/4 of what those frames weigh.

Val23708 03-11-09 05:51 PM
Originally Posted by Cdy291 (Post 8509690)
Carbon clothes.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Sale/14/De...ey/5360037964/

though not completely carbon...

NYJayhawk 03-11-09 08:17 PM
Originally Posted by Bob Ross (Post 8510895)
Modulus Guitars (formerly Modulus Graphite) used to -- or, for all I know, still does -- make a carbon pattern that served the same purpose as exposed weave (i.e., none, save for aesthetics) only it was completely random, rather than that boring predictable repeating pattern of traditional weave. They call it KLD (acronym for "Thousand Ladies Dancing") and you can see it on the neck of this bass guitar:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2352/...43059bec_b.jpg

I think that would look hawt for a bike frame!
Campy carbon cranks already look like this.

rooftest 03-11-09 08:25 PM
Originally Posted by Val23708 (Post 8512951)
Check out Girodana's new top-end bibs-
http://www.gitabike.com/cgi-bin/shop...=giordana.html

omatic 03-11-09 08:29 PM
Carbon bone implants. We can only shave so much weight off bikes. It's time to start thinking about taking weight off of riders. I'll be first in line to get carbon arms and legs.

kergin 03-11-09 08:35 PM
Originally Posted by paul_858 (Post 8512341)
This bike is sex.

turbominnow 03-11-09 08:41 PM
Calfee is awful

f4rrest 03-11-09 08:46 PM
Bamboo.

subframe 03-11-09 08:47 PM
Originally Posted by rooftest (Post 8513955)
Check out Girodana's new top-end bibs-
http://www.gitabike.com/cgi-bin/shop...=giordana.html
Originally Posted by Giordana
They are constructed of HC-44 fabric with Ametista™ fabric. Ametista has threads of carbon woven into it, which control the stretch of the fabric, reinforce the strength and add the benefit of repelling electronic interference from cell phone towers and power lines that can negatively affect performance.
:twitchy:

HigherGround 03-12-09 01:29 AM
And to think that all this time I believed it was interference from cheesesteaks and Tastykakes that were negatively affecting with my performance!

FreddyV 03-12-09 01:41 AM
Originally Posted by FreddyBoy (Post 8509941)
I am surprised that they haven't introduced a dye/pigment into the resin
That's a cool idea, only 2 cons...

1) The dye adds up to the weight.
2) The dying process adds up to the price.

I'm surely not buying a CF bike that has a nice color, but is more expensive and a few grams heavier than her black sister (did that sound right?)

ninjaman 03-12-09 07:21 AM
Dyed carbon is out there, steel/carbon is out there, nude carbon is actually very popular already. Is there nothing new under the sun?

not2fast 03-12-09 07:31 AM
I'd like to see a clear bike frame, and components, so you can see the stuff inside working!

timmyquest 03-12-09 07:35 AM
Originally Posted by not2fast (Post 8515659)
I'd like to see a clear bike frame, and components, so you can see the stuff inside working!
Done
http://blog.enveeapparel.com/wp-cont...scend-Bike.jpg

FreddyBoy 03-12-09 08:00 AM
Originally Posted by HigherGround (Post 8515023)
I believed it was interference from cheesesteaks and Tastykakes that were negatively affecting with my performance!
Also from Philly.

ccdisce 03-12-09 08:16 AM
Higher modulus carbon in the Tetra-Pro and hide the weave with paint.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...E/DSC_2696.jpg

Even Higher modulus + Boron fibers for extra stiffness in the DFly-Pro and clearcoat or hide the weave with paint.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...E/DSC_3121.jpg

txvintage 03-12-09 11:10 AM
Originally Posted by omatic (Post 8513980)
Carbon bone implants. We can only shave so much weight off bikes. It's time to start thinking about taking weight off of riders. I'll be first in line to get carbon arms and legs.
I'm not giving up my titanium implants in my bones. I don't have to worry about spontaneous combustion of the spinal cord and they're aero.

Edit: Not recommended for serious TT dudes.


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