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Adem

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Carbon strength test
« on: March 09, 2012, 03:52:27 PM »
Some pretty interesting testing on Aluminium vs Carbon bikes
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/243228

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Re: Carbon strength test
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2012, 07:49:43 PM »
Wow! They've come a long way since the Tour de France 1985. I think that was the year they used them...they had a problem with the glue and they had a tendency to fall apart. They were just carbon tubes glued into alloy lugs.
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Re: Carbon strength test
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2012, 06:07:27 PM »
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