lovely color matching with that fork & all the rest.
stem, seatpost, chainrings are right color too for balance, but the rim decals and tyre labels really top it off.
1991 Merida Albontech LX.
All stock except, for practical reasons, since it is still in regular use, saddle, tyres, pedals, bell. And Onzas of course, for all that climbing.
This one made me fall in love with our sport.
That makes sense, good to know!
It should be easily seen if they are made in that way, the carbon would have a seam where they are joined.
Pics of that?
hmm not referring to HED in particular, just general carbon fiber part production method related - I thought that foam cores were primarily used for production purposes, to have something to build the carbon around. And that it is only in recent years that "inflatable bladder" production...
i concur, wrt certain things. Such as bonded carbon/ steel one offs from Colorado which fell apart /trash, while the Japanese & Taiwanese had it all figured out and were already mass-producing (Miyata & Merida). BTW Merida were taught by Raleigh, UK?
a regular hardware store should have everything you need.
I would possibly :
1. punch a dent in the center of the screw
2. drill with superthin titanium nitride drillbit
3. miniature / small screw extractor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_extractor
Thanks for sharing, very interesting!
Can the same mold be used for kevlar bead?
I guess a thinner version / less material is not possible as a thinner "casting" would require material to be added to the mold, or is it perhaps the inner part / a "balloon" that determines that?