Carbon in winter
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redddraggon wrote:dennisn wrote:redddraggon wrote:Pat Murray wrote:will3 wrote:Thinking about it though, so long as you've kept the carbon perfectly dry you should be fine. If you get it wet, the moisture gets between the layers of cloth and when it freezes it splits the carbon apart.
Oh dear - do you honestly think that there is void between layers? Suggest you google Carbon Fibre.
Well there could be voids between layers and even between fibres themselves - incomplete macroflow. Although if macroflow isn't complete the "operator" should be able to identify the issue and reject the component. But if there is incomplete microflow you are probably screwed.
I guess I did listen while at uni.
and then there is prepreg
I'm impressed. Not a clue about what you said, but very impressed with the way you said it.
It's all to do with resin flow through preforms. The "quality" of the flow of resin is determined by the viscosity of the resin, too viscous and you'll get incomplete flow.0 -
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Pat Murray wrote:and then there is prepreg
Prepreg is just individual sheets, you can still get incomplete macroflow0 -
.. the carbon fibre facillitation process with subzero temperatures combined with the coefficient of groin perspiration suggests that carbon frames will outlast the average roadie's needs....
:roll:
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NapoleonD wrote:kingrollo wrote:NapoleonD wrote:kingrollo wrote:Ive heard it breaks with an awesome display of quadpower .........(I'll sleep easy)
Oi, it's QuadPower(tm).
And yes. It does.
Especially if you've been following a Chris Charmichael CTS TrainingPlan(tm).
youve only copyrighted it in title case - all lower case - its fair game !!!
....or you can make a legal test case - which I win with a display of Quidpower !
Is carbon ok - if its a bit cloudy ?
In that case I concede, with an immense display of QuitPower.
I think that was quite a nice bit of QuipPower"I hold it true, what'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost;
Than never to have loved at all."
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redddraggon wrote:dennisn wrote:redddraggon wrote:Pat Murray wrote:will3 wrote:Thinking about it though, so long as you've kept the carbon perfectly dry you should be fine. If you get it wet, the moisture gets between the layers of cloth and when it freezes it splits the carbon apart.
Oh dear - do you honestly think that there is void between layers? Suggest you google Carbon Fibre.
Well there could be voids between layers and even between fibres themselves - incomplete macroflow. Although if macroflow isn't complete the "operator" should be able to identify the issue and reject the component. But if there is incomplete microflow you are probably screwed.
I guess I did listen while at uni.
I'm impressed. Not a clue about what you said, but very impressed with the way you said it.
It's all to do with resin flow through preforms. The "quality" of the flow of resin is determined by the viscosity of the resin, too viscous and you'll get incomplete flow.
Not with prepreg - should have listened more
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Pat Murray wrote:Not with prepreg - should have listened more
Microflow maybe, but there's no guarantee of complete macroflow0 -
redddraggon wrote:Pat Murray wrote:Not with prepreg - should have listened more
Microflow maybe, but there's no guarantee of complete macroflow
Perhaps I should have listened more!0 -
Pat Murray wrote:redddraggon wrote:Pat Murray wrote:Not with prepreg - should have listened more
Microflow maybe, but there's no guarantee of complete macroflow
Perhaps I should have listened more!
I was assuming some sort of resin injection, rather than old fashioned resin application with a paint brush.0 -
Looks like they got off lightly. If it was a bit colder, the bike could have exploded, taking half the world's population with it. Phew.NapoleonD wrote:This happened when someone took their bike from the warm garage straight out into -2 deg C temperatures.
Note the carbon fork.
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