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a carbon road bike you design and make yourself?.... how hard can it be!!
so... I have designed my own road bike, and to be honest I'm damn happy about how it turned out. and in my opinion it looks awesome, but now I'm considering if I should make it! I have contacted Motorsport carbon fibre companies about the moulds and a carbon weaving company in the UK and they seem happy to do it but.... and yes a BIG BUT..... it will cost well over £200,000 to make just one!! CRAZY! 
I have the money, but what do you think about the design? too much? need more? teak something? and if you could would you do it yourself?! I'd love to know, and how you would start to make your dream bike! 
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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- Johnny Rags 12 min 31 sec ago
Coren is a charmless oafish bell end and always has been.
- Slartibartfast 16 min 14 sec ago
Now now, it's just coincidence that it has 'israel' in the name, this isn't actually sports washing. The guy who owns it, does, admittedly aim to...
- chrisonabike 28 min 41 sec ago
I hope I'm wrong - as we seem to be prepared to do anything in the UK except trouble the "hard working motorist" *. ...
- Spokesperson 39 min 35 sec ago
It could not happen to a weirder guy. Born/brought up in Africa. Yet he cycles for Israel, whose government are notorious not only for 75 years of...
- tootsie323 40 min 40 sec ago
If we're being pedantic, doesn't that imply that a driver will stop the car, get out and personally strike the child?
- mitsky 59 min 32 sec ago
Which is why I advocate, when we have things like this committing such heinous crimes as the repurcusiions are currently not enough to make them...
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The good news is that FSA DS is open for entries, tha bad news is we now only have 7ntil saturday to get teams in....
- mdavidford 1 hour 15 min ago
Or he could be on a very high-wheeler... (might need a bit of shimming though)
- mdavidford 1 hour 24 min ago
Traction is the wrong metric here, shurely?
- mdavidford 1 hour 30 min ago
A dog's harder to fit in your jersey pocket, though.
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YES! I have! but I can only use it 3 times on the bike, which is plenty!
that's the problem I cant build it myself as the carbon fibre weave is manufactured in a different way and professionally done, the logos no problem I have licensing to use Lamborghini's name which was a ball ache!
Build it yourself. Google is your friend.
Interestinging, what is the purpose of the cranked rear stays? I think the name/logos could be worked on; you might get trouble from some pesky car company; unless you could get them to finance it. Or for £200,000 you could learn how to build it yourself. Finally just buy the most expensive TT bike you can find and buy me a Canyon CF SLX 6.0 with Sram red in black on black 56cm frame with your spare cash, save a bit of time.
i think you should *definitely* build it. then send it in for review.
Pahaha.
Erm...
That is one utterly gopping bike.
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