ogre Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 i know carbon doesn't have much of a hold in trials but as bike folk it's always cool to see; i've stolen this from pink bike but here is a carbon frame and every piece of carbon that is put together to make it. compared to 8+ tubes and some lugs this is mental 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Thats awesome. I assume its cut out on some kind of plotter similar to fabric/vinyl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Yeah normally lay a great big sheet out and use a CNC laser cutter to cut the sections out. It's the fact that each section has to be laid and rolled by hand before a bladder or foam core is inserted and the mould put in an autoclave. Then a lot of the time the frames need hand finishing before they resemble the finished product. Soooo labour intensive, why 99% of all carbon frames are produced in the far east. There are a few mtb companies that are starting to make home grown carbon frames, Cesar Rojo's Unno (pictured above, who I think are Spanish), Alchemy from America and now Hope. Be interesting to see what the UK RRPs are for these frames and how much more it is than other frames available on the market. http://www.hopetech.com/hb-211/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dman Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Thats crazy how many pieces go into that frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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