novocaine
Old School Grand Master
The original bike was a collaboration with a Formula 1 carbon fiber components manufacturer in the UK who had some cycling enthusiasts in their team. Unlike most carbon frames the tubes were cut, mitred and assembled to produce a very light frame (<700g unpainted) with limited “filler”. It may be a standard hanger - but its malleability (I could easily bend it with my fingers) and the fact I can’t find a match makes me think it might be a custom piece. Will do some calling today and cross my fingers.
yer, F1, where money stops being an object and they can always just fire some staff.
it's a piss poor design choice in today's world.
it's not 3d printing like me and you think of it. we are talking Sintered laser melting (SLM) or Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) type rather than FDM or similar. fine powders cooked in an inert atmosphere. really cool, crazy strong, bleeding edge.Some of our aerospace customers claim success with 3d printing.
That ought to be cheaper than machining, although I don't see how it would be strong enough myself.
do you have a set of calipers you could measure it with out of interest? be fun to see how much it would cost to make (I'm a geek).