'There is so much more engineering that goes into bikes than people think. I think bikes have been around for so long we take them for granted,' discovered Kevin Frias
What a load of bullshit. It’s only hard if you want it super lightweight. You could 3D print in shell mode and then turn it into composite by glassing on it with carbon fiber (~50€/kg) or glass fiber or basalt. Or use wood as core. Or steel tubes and a little welding. But a non-suspended bike frame is so cheap and mass manufactured it’s stupid to make it yourself. And who the fuck 3D prints wheels lol.
3D printing makes sense if you can print the whole frame in one go and in some good alloy.
It would be far more interesting to do this with a tadpole recumbent, combining 3D printing with fiber glassing.
What a load of bullshit. It’s only hard if you want it super lightweight. You could 3D print in shell mode and then turn it into composite by glassing on it with carbon fiber (~50€/kg) or glass fiber or basalt. Or use wood as core. Or steel tubes and a little welding. But a non-suspended bike frame is so cheap and mass manufactured it’s stupid to make it yourself. And who the fuck 3D prints wheels lol.
3D printing makes sense if you can print the whole frame in one go and in some good alloy.
It would be far more interesting to do this with a tadpole recumbent, combining 3D printing with fiber glassing.