Whats the next super material for bikes?

[cherrybomb]

Ear wax.

..........but probably steel.

 

[dyna-ti]

After deep thought and much consideration i hit upon the novel idea of using metal tubes welded together



OH!

 

[RockyTI]

Carbon nanotube.

 

[FluffyChicken]

Carbon nanotube.

That's just a type of Carbon Fibre.

Easton already produce such frame material iirc, from some Scientific Materials mags or something. (i.e Carbon fibre utilising nanotubes, and produced in to bike frames)

 

[RockyTI]

Cool!

To be honest I just thought it sounded cool!

 

[BarneyRubble]

Cardboard

 

[James]

Graphite? Like how golf club shafts are made just bigger tubes? Then possibly lugged with something light aswell as i dont think you can make non straight tubes with it or weld it.

 

[FluffyChicken]

Graphite? Like how golf club shafts are made just bigger tubes? Then possibly lugged with something light aswell as i dont think you can make non straight tubes with it or weld it.

Graphite is carbon ;-)

Though I have to be honest, I do not know much about golf clubs, lol.

But I would assume that what they (golfers) call 'graphite' is actually carbon fibre and not graphite (e.g. what you see in pencils and as a very slippy slidey material based on the fact it it layers of graphine (which are just atomic thick layers of carbon sheets as such) as also very brittle.

 

[makster]

Looks like Saracen have been using a new, exotic material I have never heard of already
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SARACEN-ALAMINIAM ... 240%3A1318

 

[Tad]

UNOBTAINIUM

Which gives me a cunning plan...

Project Unobtainium,

I need to build an unobtainium bike for no more that £2.37 Any offers of cheap parts would be most welcome. Oh, it's going to be a fixie to keep the cost down so I don't need any gear bits.

Pipedy pip pip!