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Broken carbon aero stuff

PostPosted: 04 Feb 2014 20:56
by tesseract
I've a project on the go to improve my aero bars :shock: :? and I'm looking for any spare carbon sections people might have, preferably straight like a seat post, but a broken wheel might work?

I only need about 16cm...

Re: Broken carbon aero stuff

PostPosted: 05 Feb 2014 14:24
by Bopomofo
I have bandaged my sides in preparation for the inevitable hacksaw-related hilarity.

Re: Broken carbon aero stuff

PostPosted: 05 Feb 2014 21:06
by tesseract
TBH I expected the comments to have been firing in here already...

Re: Broken carbon aero stuff

PostPosted: 05 Feb 2014 21:37
by ris
Bopomofo wrote:I have bandaged my sides in preparation for the inevitable hacksaw-related hilarity.


Surely you and 'mr choppy' have something in your off-cut bin?

Re: Broken carbon aero stuff

PostPosted: 05 Feb 2014 22:10
by Bopomofo
ris wrote:
Bopomofo wrote:I have bandaged my sides in preparation for the inevitable hacksaw-related hilarity.


Surely you and 'mr choppy' have something in your off-cut bin?


I'll have a dig about in my bike bits box. I cut about 10cm off a Planet-X carbon fork a long while ago to fit the incredibly compact headset on my [shudder] Carrera road bike. It's the sort of stupid thing I may have kept, thinking "Oooh, a carbon tube... that'll be useful one day".

I'll let you know.

Re: Broken carbon aero stuff

PostPosted: 06 Feb 2014 09:14
by tesseract
Cheers Bopo.

If it makes you feel better I keep all sorts of random bits, I've quite few sections of round carbon tubes from trimming extensions that I've kept. No idea what use they could ever be, but you never know!

As another example, I had an old aero helmet I destroyed, and for ages I kept the foamy inside bit, ie the bit that absorbs the impact, and that would have been great for making prototypes/ moulds for the risers I'm going to make, but of course at some point I had an attack of the sensibles and threw it out, thinking "how would I ever use that again" :( :lol:

Re: Broken carbon aero stuff

PostPosted: 06 Feb 2014 23:05
by Bopomofo
Checked. Sorry, it's gone. Must've been in my last clear out, although I have to say the garage looks like an utter shit-tip again.

9 bikes in there and only 2 of them get used properly with a 'sometimes used' rating against 2 others. :roll:

Re: Broken carbon aero stuff

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2014 18:47
by tesseract
9 bikes? awesome, I get slagged for havong 4 lol.

Thanks for checking.

Re: Broken carbon aero stuff

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2014 19:27
by Kevy427
tesseract wrote:9 bikes? awesome, I get slagged for havong 4 lol.

Thanks for checking.

Nine? Pah, that's nothing. One of the guys I work with has 21 in his garage, all ready to go :o

Re: Broken carbon aero stuff

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2014 21:01
by Sir Jibbenstein
Kevy427 wrote:
tesseract wrote:9 bikes? awesome, I get slagged for havong 4 lol.

Thanks for checking.

Nine? Pah, that's nothing. One of the guys I work with has 21 in his garage, all ready to go :o


Not sure the wiggle demo garage counts...

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