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  1. carbonwheelman

    Carbon fibre road wheels?

    I really need to change that name! I would love to give you an indication of how much we can make them for but I cant. I can say that we have made 15 prototypes so far and each have tought us something different. Do you know much about composites? Cheers Dave.
  2. carbonwheelman

    Carbon fibre road wheels?

    Hi Pete Yes, I have just started working for them. Are you interested in composite wheels? To answer the question you first put on this thread...Yes there are many companies producing composite wheels. The main issue with producing wheels is the costs involved with making these wheels. When it...
  3. carbonwheelman

    Carbon fibre road wheels?

    Hi All As mentioned above an Australian Formula SAE team did produce a full composite wheel in 2004, this was a moon disc type wheel. In 2005 they produced a 5 spoke 13" wheel which proved to work very well. The spoked wheel weighed in around 1.7kg. They are now in the stages of...
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