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Re: custom frame ideas (exotic materials!)

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  1. Lots of the best bikes are made from carbon fibre. I reckon it'd be the
    best material because it's probably got the best weight to strength
    ratio.

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  2. Magnesium just sounds too risky to work with, Titanium is cool 😎
    how would carbon fibre stand strength wise when it comes to trials and
    street?

    yet more random ideas from vanpaun lol... inspired, truely inspired! 😄

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  3. A very durable plasma tube (for the forks)

    EDIT: a generator using magnest could be built into the wheel:/edit
    [image: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/335741042_4d5964bfd3.jpg]

    bamboo
    PVC pipe
    lego's
    regular ice (ice 9 is more durable)
    This should help anyone http://tinyurl.com/3x8epb
    And lastly, a frame made of quartz.

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  4. actually, bamboo is doable, it's very strong and very light. I believe
    you could ask 'Calfee Design' (http://www.calfeedesign.com/) about
    making one (They did do a carbon fiber frame for Scot Cooper)

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    why would you kill the 5 yr olds? there's so much more fun things you
    can do with them 🙄


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  5. why dont we just use wood? that'd be a story to tell the latter day
    unicyclists of the future,

    "when i was your age, i wittled all my frames! and Pluto was a planet!"

    "punk kids with their plasma tube/carbon fiber bamboo frames!"

    really, at the point, the difference between weight and strength is
    good. but, like any person whos gone through a metal tech class, when
    steel gets stronger, it will just end up snapping it. Like, if you heat
    treat a peice of steel a lot, if you hit it on the ground, the edge isnt
    gonna bend, its gonna just snap and chip.

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    you sir, are unrealistic


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  6. Did anyone who just posted read the second link? its a bamboo/cf
    tutorial http://tinyurl.com/3x8epb

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  7. SkierAlex said:

    Lots of the best bikes are made from carbon fibre. I reckon it'd be the
    best material because it's probably got the best weight to strength
    ratio.

    those bike frames have bracing and stuff to make it stonger. a uni made
    of carbon fiber wouldn't hold up very well. it would be dang strong and
    dang light but it would crack.

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    yeah usually you avoid facial contact with peoples body parts...

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