next gen FMX bike?

**SVRACER01** · 10-22-13, 02:14 PM

http://motocross.transworld.net/1000...t-fmx-machine/

**Pigman** · 10-23-13, 04:57 AM

Dammm....prob a good chunk of change for that bad boy too....But SICK

**Lucas** · 10-23-13, 06:14 AM

In most cases the bike will weigh less than the rider!

**JettaJayGLS** · 10-23-13, 06:45 AM

Carbon shatters and doesn't bend...probably not the best material to use for bikes flying 50+ feet in the air.

**Kurlon** · 10-23-13, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by JettaJayGLS

Carbon shatters and doesn't bend...probably not the best material to use for bikes flying 50+ feet in the air.

All depends on what resin is used and how you do the layup. Somewhere there are vids of BST carbon wheels going through testing, including getting pounded on by a machine that repeatedly drives a wedge into the rim with enough force that it bends pretty severely, then bounces back and asks for more.

**OreoGaborio** · 10-23-13, 05:22 PM

Thaaaaat is awwwwesome

**Tricky Mike** · 10-23-13, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by Kurlon

All depends on what resin is used and how you do the layup. Somewhere there are vids of BST carbon wheels going through testing, including getting pounded on by a machine that repeatedly drives a wedge into the rim with enough force that it bends pretty severely, then bounces back and asks for more.

Maybe true, but I've seen BST wheels shatter first hand. Essentially nothing but an axle, rotors and tire left behind. It was not pretty.
Oxx, were you there that day at Monticello?

**Chippertheripper** · 10-23-13, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by JettaJayGLS

Carbon shatters and doesn't bend...probably not the best material to use for bikes flying 50+ feet in the air.

Yup, someone is gonna chuck this thing and it's going to explode like a young Ron Jeremy.

**Kurlon** · 10-23-13, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by Tricky Mike

Maybe true, but I've seen BST wheels shatter first hand. Essentially nothing but an axle, rotors and tire left behind. It was not pretty.
Oxx, were you there that day at Monticello?

To be fair, there are also examples of magnesium and aluminum units letting go like a pack of stepped on saltines too.

**Tricky Mike** · 10-23-13, 08:33 PM

I thought we were talking about carbon fiber?

**tsorfas** · 10-23-13, 08:36 PM

I love those two materials.

**SVRACER01** · 10-23-13, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by Tricky Mike

Maybe true, but I've seen BST wheels shatter first hand. Essentially nothing but an axle, rotors and tire left behind. It was not pretty.
Oxx, were you there that day at Monticello?

Originally Posted by Chippertheripper

Yup, someone is gonna chuck this thing and it's going to explode like a young Ron Jeremy.

i remember that. it was a loudon guy too. cant remember his name.
my initial thought was the same. someone is gonna come up short on a trick while practicing and that frame is gonna explode. i hope they do extensive testing if they ever decide to sell it

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