Perkinsville, Vermont
unissamog: Carbon-bike-project in: Bikes - All Mountain/Enduro
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Here you can see the ridges in the epoxy left by the compression wrap.
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1st carbon cured. Learning, but this shape is way harder than a basic tube.
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Another view
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1st carbon fiber actually on the bike. Shown with compression wrap.
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tubes getting some nicer shapes, and the metal parts now fiberglassed
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Another view of the fiberglassed metal parts.
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Headtube, seattube and bottom bracket were roughed and then wrapped with epoxied fiberglass to insulate the metal from the carbon fiber and eliminate possible galvanic corrosion. They are shown here with their compression wraps in place.
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Bottom bracket roughing
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Another view of the texture
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Some "surfacing" done to the headtube for adhesion.
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Laying out the whole front end.
1st tube being roughed in.
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It's good to have friends. I borrowed a front triangle frame jig from my local frame builder. Thanks Frank!!
1st carbon layup, not too bad, still a bunch to learn.
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Some of the few non-carbon parts used in the build
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Hard parts. from top to bottom seat tube shim , bottom bracket and head tube.
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Closeup of excess epoxy weeping through perforated electrical tape compression wrap.
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Core wrapped carbon fiber and then compression wrapped with perforated electrical tape. Excess epoxy is leaking through the perforations.
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Laying out everything in preparation for epoxy mixing.
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Another core shot
1st core experiment. It is pink insulation foam board cut and shaped
unissamog: buysell in: Parts - Suspension
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