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Old 07-13-2004, 9:37 PM
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Carbon Fiber Wheels....

Do they chip?

I have seen some great looking Carbon Fiber Wheels, but now I have to wonder when pebbles/smaller rocks hit them, does it chip...

It'd suck if so, because, that's like 3k down the hole!

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Old 07-13-2004, 11:13 PM
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Re: Carbon Fiber Wheels....

Bud, there are so many ways to spend $3,000 on your F4i that don't include carbon fiber hoops....
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Old 07-14-2004, 1:27 AM
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Re: Carbon Fiber Wheels....

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Bud, there are so many ways to spend $3,000 on your F4i that don't include carbon fiber hoops....
no ****. in that case, sell the f4i and buy a 929 for the amount of the bike and the rims
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Old 07-14-2004, 7:51 AM
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Re: Carbon Fiber Wheels....

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Do they chip?

I have seen some great looking Carbon Fiber Wheels, but now I have to wonder when pebbles/smaller rocks hit them, does it chip...

It'd suck if so, because, that's like 3k down the hole!
Carbon Fiber is stronger & tuffer then Kevlar which stronger & tuffer then fiberglass.They make Sikorsky airframes out of this Which they previously made out of Kevlar.F1,CART,IRL cars are made out of this.This is a very strong to weight ratio composite material.The MFG's Wouldn't EVEN think about sellig these if they were worried about a simple little chip from a stone which would lead to a fatigue failure, leads to accident,leads to LAW SUIT. If you have the $$$ & want'em don't worry about reliability.
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