[Closed] Technical (ish) Paper of the benefits of carbon vs other materials for bikes

Anyone?

cannot help but that was a good read

http://www.hexcel.com/Resources/Brochures

The top link "A world of composite technologies" has plenty of info in on carbon fibre. Not sure how much use it would be but they produce the carbon for trek.

Various sites have info on how they make bikes

http://www.velocite-bikes.com/carbon-fiber.html.html

https://www.ibiscycles.com/support/technical_articles/metallurgy_for_cyclists/the_basics/

If you google there are probably more. Boutique brands are always keen to tell you why their material is better.

Thanks jonba I've seen the ibis and velocite links, but the top one is a new one. Junior will be pleased 😀

Impress his teachers with a peer reviewed research paper! These should be relevant:

https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?cites=14329435067454749913&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0,5&hl=en

A lot of those probably aren't free. But just search for the papers title followed by 'pdf'. 9/10 you'll find the paper for free somewhere.

Quick search on Science Direct came up with these - any use to you?

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705813018833

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261306914002295

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128035818021895

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261306909005901

Some more general stuff here:

http://www.open.ac.uk/library/digital-archive/featured/82

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2016/august/engineering-bikes.html

Thanks very much for these. Junior will be happy.