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Quality is not great, but the magic of the performance more than...

Sunday July 19th 2009 saw the 2 fastest hour record cyclists go head to head in an epic duel under amazing conditions on the Ford 5 mile high speed oval at their Michigan test track. I tried to capture each riders preparat...

After nearly 3 years of work the Wedge Speedbike and it's Moldless Vacuum Bagged carbon fiber frame got it's first run in the 200 meter sprint with the top on at the Ford Human Powered Speed Challenge on Ford's High speed ...

This is a short video of Eric Ware piloting the "Wedge" speedbike at the 2008 Battle Mountain Human Powered Speed Challenge. The bike was designed to be fully enclosed but this was a test run with the top off just so Eric ...

Part 4. More work on integrating the sub-frame into the aerodynamic fairing and the main drivetrain section. Using Freeman 1020 Low-Density Epoxy Molding Compound (aka...Cookie dough.) we got some very nice results but not...

This episode covers how we wrapped raw carbon fibers immersed with epoxy around carbon tubes and then vacuum bagging them. One of our junctions used 10 feet of 50k carbon tow (roving) and the other used 20 feet of the same...

This 2nd video shows the result of the moldless vacuum bagging operation. The frame now weighs less than 2 pounds un-trimmed and now awaits a carbon fiber and aluminum head tube and aditional gussets and frame bits.

Using fillament wound carbon fiber tubing and prepreg carbon fiber plates as reinforcement gussets I was able to make a carbon fiber drivetrain chassis for a streamlined recumbent bicycle.

We tacked the mitered tubes and ...