That's slick looking Dennis, what happens when the saw throws a chain
and smacks into the chain guard?
The weight savings would be nice, my bickesaw is 62 pounds.
The chain guard has a thin piece of titanium molded in the middle just in case. With the new sprocket design though, haven't thrown a chain yet......Knock on wood! With the aluminum frame I was at 52lbs. total fueled/bar & chain weight. Not sure yet what the carbon frame is going to totally save, but just the frame weighs 2lbs.
"Coming soon" Carbon fiber Hotsaws......Stay tuned!.......Hahahahahaha!
Done right, CF is incredibly durable. I wouldn't expect a chain to do any more damage to CF than to mag or aluminum. CF is seeing a lot of use in downhill mountain biking frames which is a far more demanding application.
Carbon fiber Hotsaws......Stay tuned!.......Hahahahahaha!
Yeah my K2/Pro-Flex bike has two carbon fiber sub-frames and a carbon fiber fork. I've put probably 4k miles on that bike without an issue yet, and it's
been through tons of abuse hauling my fat ass around.
Here's this weekend's engineering. Lots of drilling and fitting. The carbon fiber's not hard to drill, grind, or cut, but dulls everything pretty fast. There's suppose to be single flute drills for this, but I don't have any yet. Dulls band saw blades fairly fast too. Right now we've reduced the total weight by more than 6lbs with some parts still missing, but will add more carbon pieces as we go.
Yeah my K2/Pro-Flex bike has two carbon fiber sub-frames and a carbon fiber fork. I've put probably 4k miles on that bike without an issue yet, and it's
been through tons of abuse hauling my fat ass around.
Im still very interested to see the ganes and longevity of CF in this application.
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