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Blimey, did he ever ride it?
I wouldn't have thought carbon could look so like gaffa tape!
first i thought carbon - then i was disapoited with wood. then i was pleased.
ace. would love to have a go.
fantastic
balsa wood and carbon frame built in the blokes kitchen 😀
I want to see photos of the finished item though!
The Greek team's track bikes for the Athens games were built in a similar, if even LESS sophisticated, way......
Google translation, not perfect, but its better than my Swedish
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😆 😆It looks just like a Kangaroo!
Impressive stuff
BTW does he work for IKEA?
Little update here:
http://happymtb.org/forum/read.php/1/1478155/page=2
Re: Min Obree cykel
Skrivet av JojjeM idag 07:53Shit vad grymt.
"Super toughness" haha.
I laughed at that too.
Isn't that how Scotts are made?
All very nice, but...
Mono fork on a superman bike? Rather him than me.
Mounted the front wheel today.
@swamp_boy, yes I do work for IKEA as a freelance designer.
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more pics and info in the build tread over at fixedgear.se
http://www.fixedgear.se/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6007&start=320
I can't help but think that that looks rather reminiscent of Graham Obree's Hour Record bike...
Still...awesome skills to build it like that tho!
Could've saved so much time and hassle...
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thats brilliant!
I can't help but think that that looks rather reminiscent of Graham Obree's Hour Record bike...
i think that might be the point...
Looks absolutely awful!
Not very adjustable is it. Hope he got the saddle height right.
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def some inspiration of Obree's bike in terms of shape
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Scrole down to the borrom you get the finished bike.....
Interesting to see the scorn of non-achieving nonentities here.
The standard homebuilt-carbon practise is to use closed-cell foam or even polystyrene for your mold which is cheap and can be melted out with acetone after use. why on earth did he use wood? Can anybody read swedish?
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No dout kaesee would have smeared it all in better quality grease/man jizz to prolong its life
def some inspiration of Obree's bike in terms of shape
as in, two wheels, down tube, seat tube, pedals, like all other monocoque frames...
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...why on earth did he use wood?
Probably balsa wood. I'm using it on something I'm building with carbonfibre.
Kwality
That last pic makes me think of a smurf riding a bike!
Blimmin impressive though - I love the inventiveness that goes into home baked engineering. Head angle looks a bit steep, or are all track bikes like that?
How much is carbon fibre to buy in its raw state, and how much would have gone into a frame like that?
How much is carbon fibre to buy in its raw state, and how much would have gone into a frame like that?
Depends where you buy it from. Ebay is cheap, but of unknown quality. A few years ago I got about 8 sq metres for about £100 and I've made 2 frames from that, but does depend on what sort of frame, size etc. Add about £40 for epoxy (West System), plus a few hundred hours of time, use of a lathe and mill and it's easy!!!
That is litterally awesome. Well done that man!
Retrodirect - MemberThe standard homebuilt-carbon practise is to use closed-cell foam or even polystyrene for your mold which is cheap and can be melted out with acetone after use. why on earth did he use wood?
a friend of mine has made a couple of diy-carbon frames, he experimented with foam, and acetone, and some scales...
he found that 'melting' the foam out of the tube increased the overall weight by a few grams (lots of gunk gets left inside - especially in complicated shapes like a bike frame)
and the foam he uses only adds about 20grams per tube, so he leaves it in.
i assume that the weight of the balsa wood core isn't enough for our swedish friend to worry about.
Yes, I leave the foam core in my tubes, but the best way is to make a mould, more control over the external dimensions plus better finish on the other surfaces.
Holy headtube angles batman!!! Steering must be interesting.
Well done !!!
I think that is quite brilliant. Hats off to the chap.
Some of the comments are quite funny, especially as Graham Obree used old washing machine parts when he built his original bike.
Snowed in, so I'm going to watch the 'Flying Scotsman' again this afternoon.
Given the effort to be streamlined I think he should lose the beard?
Or
He could make a beard cowl from Carbon fiber and bryl cream.
Good effort though it shows what you can nock up in your shed.
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seat looks too high to me.....
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8) you rock
Once when I was about 15 all my mates were away on a skiing holiday and I was very bored so used the easter holiday week to build a frame out of plywood.
(it was either that or the drugs & girls OK?)
I based the geometry on the Marin Eldridge Grade frame I had at the time. Rode it round Macc forest a couple of times and also took it to uni a few years later to use as a commuter. As far as I remember it rode really nicely, though I'm not sure I would trust it to take too much of a beating. Also you could only use a pretty narrow rear tyre due to the way I constructed the rear triangle. No front mech either as I didin't have an e-type and couldn't think of a way to mount a normal one. Think it's in my parents' loft somewhere. Must build it up again!
In hindsight, I can't believe I achieved that - quite proud really! Definitely says something about my lifelong bike obsession I suppose.
Update to this build. Up and running at Sweden's only velodrome. This guys even got a meeting set up with Obree if he can get across to the UK!
http://happymtb.org/forum/read.php/1/1478155/page=5
Well worth skimming pages 5, 6, and of the thread for pictures
That must have taken a very long time to complete! A lot of skill and research has went into that. Very impressive!
Got to admire the effort, but aside from that its a pig ugly bike (subjective)
At the Manchester track
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Awesome. Congratulations.