[Closed] Latest bodge - (CYNIC-AL CARBON-CATACLYSM CONTENT)

how and what have you done there?

Bodged a Disc mount on by the looks of it?

Disc brake mount added to frame - rear section bolted to dropout, front made from plate steel and braced with steel tubing, all glued up with epoxy and carbon fibre.

fantastic

When you write it down it sounds almost entirely sensible.

where did you get the carbon fiber?

Why would you bodge something like this together with glue? GLUE?
Weld it.

These really cheer me up thanks. How did the spoon work out BTW?

Have you ever kissed a girl??

you could have used jubilee clips 😯

I kissed mrs mills on the poon.

backhander - Member

I kissed mrs mills on the poon.

That's my mum!! She's 61.

Mmmmmmmmmmmwah

Cynical,
Is your day job working in marketing or some other profession where lying is a key asset?
If so, is this the image the client see's as to what the end product will look like? 🙂
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I met a chap up at Stainburn one day who was riding a home made, carbon fibre, full suss. It was hand painted in black & yellow and called the Wasp! 😯

Ian - different frame, that one was brazed, and I'm keeping & riding the ti one.

LOL at the flamers, do you even think before typing? Flame if it breaks, until then, neither you nor I know it will work (though I am confident it will).

[i]OK I think this will work and not look quite as shit as the spoon.

Please flame away![/i]

[i]LOL at the flamers, do you even think before typing? Flame if it breaks, until then, neither you nor I know it will work (though I am confident it will). [/i]

Go ride it then.

I would much rather use that than the forks tbh
Think it has a reasonable chance of staying put for a bit but in all honesty it looks gash but may just work

i salute your eccentricity.

i was only joking i like it ( only on an old frame of cause )

I think your carbon and epoxy skills are getting better (visually anyway).

I got the carbon from easy composites I think, around £10 for 12" x 3', a little more for 0.5L epoxy.

well done for the record its the same way lots of companies like scott build frames only without the steel bits....now go charge 5k for a bike

Yawn

Wats up beaches, you **** ers crazy!!!

Awesome post Iain, go you!

Well I like it.

Al,
In all seriousness, buy this book, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
[url] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Atomic-Zombies-Bicycle-Builders-Bonanza/dp/0071422676/ [/url]

Well I like it.

Says the man who created THE TANDEM OF DOOM!

😀 Kindred spirit, innit. Although there ain't much carbon on the TOD

Here's one for you Ian:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-to-stop-using-misinformation-in-attempts-to-publicly-associate-someone-with-lying-and-fraud/dp/0071422676

Indeed MrS - no lateral forces on that join though.

Mehh..........that looks almost like a proper design solution......where's teh ****in' fun in that, eh? EH???? 😡

Looks good, but can't you play with bits that don't have such a serious failure mode? Drinks bottle cage, or bar ends or something. Brakes and forks are definite blood letting time if they go wrong.....
Keep up the good work though

Ridden it yet?

Of course.

I'm no expert (this is STW after all), but won't the seat stay flex and therefore damage the spar that connects to the chain stay?

Why would you bodge something like this together with glue?

I'm actually kind of impressed with al's latest effort - that looks halfway decent.

Thanks aracer...and AMc, think a bit more...

why did you not just buy one of those AZ ones from whooly hat shop?

Because it's far mire satisfying making your own solution. Anyone remember those fancy anodised ringle bottle cages back in the 90s? Mate bought one and the made his own with sheet Ali using it as a template - did a half decent job too

Yes it is fun and very satifying to tinker about with bikes and other bits.

I did it for years and would still be doing it now, if I didn't have to work all the **** ing time, still I prefer to develop my skills and create bikes that work well.

If you like doing something and it helps you chill, it's all good, good luck with the tinkering AL.

BODGE ON!!!! 😀

Go on Cynic-al, make a whole bike. You know you want to.

Looking slick Al. I like.

Much better solution. However I'd still have put a clamp on the chainstay infront of the end of the strut so it could butt against it. It could well be okay though like that though. Depends how tightly you managed to bind the CF string.

Thanks all

nonk - they look rank...and put all the tress on the seatstay (which my previous design was criticised for)

molgrips - you an expert in these things? Technology has moved on a Cynic-tech Industries, I use electrical tape now 😛

nonk - they look rank...

your one is hardly angelina though is it?

your right though bash on chap.

I can imagine the results being quite catastrophic if it fails. Hope it works OK though.

Top work Al. Will be interested to see how it holds up but in theory there's no reason it can't be robust. It's all in the execution (so I'll be expecting to read your obituary soon 😉 )

It's going on a 1000 mile tour in 2 weeks 😎

Brilliant 😀

Mugboo - Member

I met a chap up at Stainburn one day who was riding a home made, carbon fibre, full suss. It was hand painted in black & yellow and called the Wasp!

that chap is a friend of mine, he's an actual genius.

molgrips - you an expert in these things?

Not exactly, but I'm brilliant at figuring out how things work (or don't). Like Psylar off Heroes 😉

Wow, a real "armchair expert"?

*bows*

It's going on a 1000 mile tour in 2 weeks

Much better design. The first was laughable, but you seem to have the direction of forces worked out better this time. The bracing strut looks a little low. Take a jubilee clip along just in case 😉 .

It doesn't look pretty but I'm impressed none the less. Did you have to flip the rotor? It looks the wrong way round.

Yup rotor is flipped (and then spaced out 2mm) to get it to clear chainstay.

It's going on a 1000 mile tour in 2 weeks

best take zip ties Al.

I'll be taking a spare rim brake 😛

do i keep missing the pics of death and disaster?

Bit of gaffer would have fixed that .. held out Transit together for years.

If it works, chapeau, if it doesn't chapeau anyway at least you had a crack at it.. I just bought a new frame despite lovin' the old one that didn't have a mount 🙂