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Food for thought:
Lightweight fat, box section carbon frame with flared sections at bb etc.
Or
Skinny tubed steel frame.
Ride through mud.
Which would now be the lightest?
I'm thinking the round, skinny tubes of the steel bike would probably hold significantly less mud than some of the moulded offerings I have seen.
1gm of steel will always be lighter than 2gm of carbon, what type of mud?
Is one covered in gt85? Is the carbon one going quicker?
What is the temperature, wind speed & humidity?
What about feathers? They're pretty light...
What tyres?
African or european?
how fast is the treadmill?
If its local mud, then the extra weight of the mud will be counteracted by the amount of brake pad it grinds away.
What about feathers? They're pretty light..
my riding "style" is based on a ton of feathers being thrown down a hill.
😀 - or like drunken kung fu - on a bike.
The carbon would be lighter.
African or european?
Wait a minute -- supposing two bikes carried it together?
Everyone knows a lb of lead is heavier than a lb of feathers as feathers are lighter. We also know carbon is lighter than steel so a lb of carbon is lighter than a lb of steel. Mud weighs more than carbon but less than steel so therefore the mud will make the steel frame lighter. The result is that a really muddy steel frame will end up being lighter than a carbon one - simple physics really.....
scotty38 - Member
Everyone knows a lb of lead is heavier than a lb of feathers as feathers are lighter. We also know carbon is lighter than steel so a lb of carbon is lighter than a lb of steel. Mud weighs more than carbon but less than steel so therefore the mud will make the steel frame lighter. The result is that a really muddy steel frame will end up being lighter than a carbon one - simple physics really.....
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If Paris Hilton has sex in a forest and no one is there to film it and post it on you tube would she make a noise?
If the carbon frame failed and there was no one there on a heavy skinny tubed steel 29er to comment about how "steel is real, man", does it still fail?
I hear that a pound of gold is heavier than a pound of steel or carbon, if that helps
That's why I don't have a gold frame
scaredypants - MemberI hear that a pound of gold is heavier than a pound of steel or carbon, if that helps
That's why I don't have a gold frame
Well now that's just daft and I think you're reversing Troy weight and Avoirdupois for comic effect there.....
Everyone knows a lb of lead is heavier than a lb of feathers as feathers are lighter. We also know carbon is lighter than steel so a lb of carbon is lighter than a lb of steel. Mud weighs more than carbon but less than steel so therefore the mud will make the steel frame lighter. The result is that a really muddy steel frame will end up being lighter than a carbon one - simple physics really.....
That made me chuckle