Carbon Wheels

[Larry C Leung]

You can dye-check CF though. (technique used in many industries,
including Nuclear Power).

LL - NY

On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 23:22:44 -0500 "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com> writes:
>Man,
>Call me old fashioned, but there's no way in hell you'll catch me
>with carbon wheels on a bike or a car. There is a good reason why
>you don't do this- you can't examine a carbon wheel for failure as
>you can an alloy one- magnafluxing doesn't work on CF.
>
>As for my bike- no CF on there at all. Ti handlebars, that's it.
>WTB Phoenix, nice old fashioned handbuilt steel frame w/ full XTR
>and lots of other choice bits. I would get a Ti bike, but I can't
>afford a Seven and I haven't ridden (unfortunately) in a long time.
>
>Taka
>