Show Us Your Carbon!!!

[Breedon]

Now that is nice

 

[Andrew Br]

Now that is nice

It is very nice.

After cracking my Ti bike, I've just bought an On-One Dirty Disco to use while the Ti bike is replaced under warranty.
I've used the running gear off the Ti.


Disco ! Yeah baby ! by Chocolatebike1, on Flickr


On One Dirty Disco by Chocolatebike1, on Flickr

With the proviso that it's my first carbon bike, I have to say that it's lovely to ride and I'm not sure where the Ti bike will fit in when it turns up.

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[Andrew_Culture]

It is very nice.

After cracking my Ti bike...

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How did you crack your Ti bike? Half the reason I'm considering a Ti at some point in the distant future is that I thought they're bombproof?

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

How did you crack your Ti bike? Half the reason I'm considering a Ti at some point in the distant future is that I thought they're bombproof?

Majority of TI frames come with lifetime guarantees anyway Andrew. Besides its likely he crashed into a diamond wall.......Ti bike Kryptonite.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Majority of TI frames come with lifetime guarantees anyway Andrew. Besides its likely he crashed into a diamond wall.......Ti bike Kryptonite.

A diamond wall? Do you mean those 1970's concrete brickwork suburban jobblies?

 

[Andrew Br]

I cracked it by riding on the road.
It went thusly:-


12-08-18 Crack O' Doom 1 by Chocolatebike1, on Flickr

There is a lifetime warranty and the maker has simply said that they'll make me another one.
Since I'm so impressed with the Disco, I think that I'd rather have my money back.

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[Dangermouse]

I have seen cracks appear on welds, but never off the weld onto the tube like in the pic

 

[Andrew_Culture]

It is very nice.

After cracking my Ti bike, I've just bought an On-One Dirty Disco to use while the Ti bike is replaced under warranty.
I've used the running gear off the Ti.


Disco ! Yeah baby ! by Chocolatebike1, on Flickr


On One Dirty Disco by Chocolatebike1, on Flickr

With the proviso that it's my first carbon bike, I have to say that it's lovely to ride and I'm not sure where the Ti bike will fit in when it turns up.

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I love the matt black look, I'd cheerfully have all my bikes look that way. Did you get them powder coated?

 

[Andrew Br]

That's the standard Disco finish.
IRL you can just about see the carbon weave and the whole bike looks slightly blue-ish.
The decals (lots of them) come on a separate sheet so you can use as many or as few as you like.

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[Mr Haematocrit]

How did you crack your Ti bike? Half the reason I'm considering a Ti at some point in the distant future is that I thought they're bombproof?

With a lighter density of 4.4 g/cm3 compared to steel (~7.9 g/cm3) titanium is just as strong as steel and with the added advantage of being unreactive towards oxygen and water at room temperature so does not suffer the rusting of iron corrosion. Titanium however absorbs elements like oxygen and nitrogen at the kinds of temperatures used for welding which can make it weak this can cause failures around area's which have been welded, its not uncommon to see Titanium Alloys develop hairline cracks over time around area of localised heat.

Every material has a its good points and bad points.. Ti is one of them and its not bombproof

 

[Andrew_Culture]

What an awesomely informative reply!

 

[MadoneRider1991]

here is my latest toy!! hope you like it, still some bits need finishing!

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

liking the boardman, very cool

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Yeh zi Boardman looks very fast even standing still.

 

[BDK]

Not as flash (or expensive) as others on here, but Im dead pleased with her now I've fettled a bit.


bottle cages on upside down
Done just over 2000 miles on her since January.