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CARBON FIBRE BMX FRAMES?

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dialledbikes:
I was a major contributor to the thread on the other forum.

I don't have a problem with new technology being tried in BMX, nor with carbon fibre bike frames per se.  What gets my goat is that whenever someone posts a pic of one of these carbon fibre frames, there's always somebody who starts spouting stuff about it being "progression".  How?  If they're not lighter, stiffer, stronger, more resilient, don't have better strength-to-weight ratio and cost at least double the price of a top end frame already on the market, where's the progress?

And if they want us to take these carbon frames seriously, why make them look so toy shop-esque?

Like Perry says, they're a great PR exercise (look how many of us are debating them and apparently there are only 5 of those GT frames in the country).

HEYWOOD BMX:
 :) I read the thread on the other forum,and agree with Mike.Certainly not progression,just different & if anything not as good as alloy.Alans has some of the GT`s for sale....

dialledbikes:
In terms of weight, strength and price combined, then aluminium is probably the best thing to make a BMX race frame out of.  The only downside of alu is that it's not as resilient/long lasting as steel or titanium.

Titanium is the best material if price isn't an issue (but not many people in BMX are prepared to spend that much on a frame, as I have discovered).

Therefore, I think cro-moly is the best middle ground.  Slightly heavier than alu and Ti (pound/pound-and-a-half), but strong and sensibly priced.

perry:
whatever happened to those spin wheels

Peter J:
I agree with Mike,

I work for a Software company and one of our products tests the stress/strain (FEA) on different materials. Most of the major MTB companies use it. The results carbon vs. aluminium vs.  cromo is really pointless when you look at the disciplines the bike will be used for in the case of BMX and MTB. Road bikes, Triathlon bikes and track bikes are a different matter.

It’s just one up man ship, the cost of developing these carbon frames will be a part of the companies marketing budget and not designed for large production runs.

It really bugs me when these companies waste money on sh1t like this, why not sponsor more riders or events at grass root racing, they'd get their product shown in more places rather than giving a "new toy" to a couple of guys who are already fast as fook and a carbon frame will make bugger all difference to their overall performance.

I am all for moving forward with technology if there’s a better way of doing something or making something then go for it, but don’t was time on developing a product that the average man (i.e. the people who buy the products) cannot afford and by the responses posted here really don’t want

 :rant:

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