Be Honest With Me...........is my carbon frame really going to melt ??

[old bell]

Such a witty lot. However, when Rolls Royce were developing the RB211 jet engine they made the front turbines with carbon blades. This was great in the factory but when they took the engines outside the blades started to fail. The carbon fibre started to break down in sunlight, probably ultra violet light. The answer to this was to use a gel with the carbon fibre which cut out the sun.
The bottom line is that if you are worried about taking your bike outside in the rain perhaps you should think again about taking into the sun, although you could always cover it in a high SPF suntan cream.

 

[Davidc]

Just don't put it in the tumble dryer!

 

[BrumJim]

Is it possible to use a gentle water spray to tune the stiffness of the ride?

Problem is that it is non-recoverable. So once you have softened the tubes for the long Audax, cobbled ride or rough canal towpath, its useless for the next fast sportive, hill climb or Saturday morning ride. Hence you need to buy a new one each time.

Or that is what I tell my wife.

 

[ufkacbln]

Problem is that it is non-recoverable. So once you have softened the tubes for the long Audax, cobbled ride or rough canal towpath, its useless for the next fast sportive, hill climb or Saturday morning ride. Hence you need to buy a new one each time.

Or that is what I tell my wife.

Easy for the professionals, you have a series of vans with frames kept in different humidifties... then choose the frame with the correct softness

 

[Banjo]

Such a witty lot. However, when Rolls Royce were developing the RB211 jet engine they made the front turbines with carbon blades. This was great in the factory but when they took the engines outside the blades started to fail. The carbon fibre started to break down in sunlight, probably ultra violet light. The answer to this was to use a gel with the carbon fibre which cut out the sun.
The bottom line is that if you are worried about taking your bike outside in the rain perhaps you should think again about taking into the sun, although you could always cover it in a high SPF suntan cream.

Or to be on the safe side only ever ride the bike in the UK.

 

[Drago]

Hang on.

There's wisdom on this thread?

Not too much wisdom though. The composite used on the 787 uses an aramid composite, very little carbon fibre. I've got a Traser watch made from an aramid composite and it makes cf look like a Flake chocolate bar in comparison. Especially in the rain.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Not too much wisdom though. The composite used on the 787 uses an aramid composite, very little carbon fibre. I've got a Traser watch made from an aramid composite and it makes cf look like a Flake chocolate bar in comparison. Especially in the rain.

But it's always time for a chocolate watch!

 

[Citius]

The composite used on the 787 uses an aramid composite, very little carbon fibre.

Maybe you googled that wrong. According to Wiki, the 787 contains about 35 tonnes worth of carbon fibre composite..

 

[Drago]

I got it from Boeing's website, which suggested the carbon was used more on non structural bits, but Hell, we all know Wiki is the font of all modern knowledge so that must be true.

 

[Citius]

I got it from Boeing's website, which suggested the carbon was used more on non structural bits, but Hell, we all know Wiki is the font of all modern knowledge so that must be true.

The good thing about Wiki pages is the citations/references - which are provided to allay those fears as much as possible. Even Boeing's own 787 pages talk of majority 'carbon laminate' construction. No mention of aramid. Just sayin, the info on aramid might be there, but I can't see it..

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The good thing about Wiki pages is the citations/references - which are provided to allay those fears as much as possible. Even Boeing's own 787 pages talk of majority 'carbon laminate' construction. No mention of aramid. Just sayin, the info on aramid might be there, but I can't see it..

Allay those fears you say, alloy those fears, I say....