Comments on: A reader’s design http://bicycledesign.net/2007/05/a-reader%e2%80%99s-design/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-reader%25e2%2580%2599s-design The blog about industrial design in the bike industry Sat, 18 May 2013 07:48:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Velocity http://bicycledesign.net/2007/05/a-reader%e2%80%99s-design/comment-page-1/#comment-730 Velocity Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:51:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2007/05/a-reader%e2%80%99s-design/#comment-730 Let not forget Tom Ritchey’s titanium and carbon Break Away Bike. A neat bit of design if I ever rode one.

]]> By: bmike http://bicycledesign.net/2007/05/a-reader%e2%80%99s-design/comment-page-1/#comment-689 bmike Thu, 31 May 2007 18:37:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2007/05/a-reader%e2%80%99s-design/#comment-689 serrota, lemond, and independent fabrications has been mixing materials for some time, including ti and carbon…

]]> By: Nathan http://bicycledesign.net/2007/05/a-reader%e2%80%99s-design/comment-page-1/#comment-688 Nathan Thu, 31 May 2007 14:45:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2007/05/a-reader%e2%80%99s-design/#comment-688 I’m not a huge fan of mixing frame materials. I’m just a bike mechanic, not an engineer, but of all the frames I’ve seen fail, a majority of them have been mixed material frames failing at the junction points between carbon and metal, including carbon tubes and metal lugs.

If you want carbon, go with a monocoque full carbon frame. If you want ti, go with a full ti bike.

]]> By: Anonymous http://bicycledesign.net/2007/05/a-reader%e2%80%99s-design/comment-page-1/#comment-685 Anonymous Wed, 30 May 2007 02:45:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2007/05/a-reader%e2%80%99s-design/#comment-685 the rear trianle looks weak…beef it up a bit and it would be feasable

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