K2 / Proflex Riders Group
General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: orange on October 17, 2007, 09:25:43 pm
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I heard somebody say the 'carbon' swingarm is actually alloy wrapped in carbon - is this true?
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No, not to my knowledge. They are thermoplastic with alumimum ends.
But not to say that something or other was done in developement.
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your avatar does worry me!! (especially having small kids) :-)
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your avatar does worry me!! (especially having small kids) :-)
Kinda fits my riding style, dirty my diapers now and again.
Off topic, but one of my buddies cracked 7 ribs snd crushed his collarbone on a downill curve last Thursday. Landed on his shoulder in a gully, laid there for an hour hoping someone would happen by. After dark, he picked himself up dragged his battered bike to a trail where a passerby went for help. A bit later a sherrif vehicle found him and flagged a helicopter into a clearing and off he went to the hospital for 2 days. His helmet was trashed big time, so it may be evident he was unconscious to a bit.
I was going to hook up for a ride with him soon, seeing it was me that helped him spec his bike.
So yeah.:-)
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*gulp*
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I heard somebody say the 'carbon' swingarm is actually alloy wrapped in carbon - is this true?
I've seen a photo of a snapped x57 type swingarm, halfway along it's length, no sign of any Aly!
If they had Aly in them they wouldn't be lighter than the Aly arms would they?
Off topic, but one of my buddies cracked 7 ribs snd crushed his collarbone on a downill curve last Thursday. Landed on his shoulder in a gully, laid there for an hour hoping someone would happen by. After dark, he picked himself up dragged his battered bike to a trail where a passerby went for help. A bit later a sherrif vehicle found him and flagged a helicopter into a clearing and off he went to the hospital for 2 days. His helmet was trashed big time, so it may be evident he was unconscious to a bit.
Sounds similar to a TV item I saw of a guy who crashed and ended up in a ditch out of sight, with multiple fractures, so he threw his helmet onto the trail and someone saw and came a-looking...... and called for a helicopter!
Col.