Awesome and if it is ok, can I stick your pictures and thread for other biking fans can see what anyone can do if you put your mind too it and with trial & error?
You can post it everywhere you want If it will be a website, just send me PM with link, so I can answer questions (if someone will ask) there.
Awesome bike!
How did you join metal to carbon? Is it aluminium or stainless?
Its aluminium. Bonding surface was covered with one fiberglass layer to prevent from galvanic corosion.
Those small pieces are cableguides.
cable guides. got it =)
Thanks for asking! I was looking all over his pictures for the soap dishes but couldn’t find them:D
Hi guys,
here is a picture of my bike with components…
Beautiful… I’d be scared to ride a project like that… I’d rather hang it on the wall.
what was the final weight??
looks awesome!
Final weight is about 17kg. I have a very old scale so I dont know if its correct.
This weekend I was racing on my bicycle on downhill race. Frame held without any problems…
Holy caveman crap Batman! You used a bench top drill press to make the aluminum parts! wow…i’m very impressed…seriously.
I’ve been a professional machinist for 11 years. If you need production parts made let me know… i work at TEK Industries Inc… we specialize in jobs like this using aluminum and steel or stainless steel… whatever the application calls for. All of our machines are HAAS CNC… 7 of them… a VF-0, VF-2, VF-3, Mini Mill, two HAAS lathes as well. I forgot to mention the SuperMax Rebel but it’s going bye bye soon, because it breaks down too often.
You guys amaze me with what you can do with composites… and in this case a bench top drill press!
Come ON 20_rc51_00… i saw the name on the top banner of that website you linked too “Harris” I was like oh man… it is THE man’s website. Ever see Harris made motorcycle parts for race motorcycles? Blows my mind.
Its compositepro here
Havent you done a mk2 of that bike yet???
Hi compositepro,
unfortunately I didnt I was trying to use infusion for tubes, but I let it be. I will use prepreg, milled AL alloy moulds and homebuild press when the right time will come
(when I will have lot of money to try)… I dont want to make something from low quality composite…
Hey Mike, long time no hear!
I’m working on a CF hardtail, and will be using infusion…some very interesting issues arise there.
Why did you “let it be” as you say?
How were you going about the infusion for the tubes? Using a mandrel and laying up on top? Or closed mold and infusing inside to get a smooth outer finish?