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Brake lever

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By kylle - 2/7/2012 11:53:48 PM

I'm planing to make a carbon brake lever.
Q1:  Should a two part mould be strong enough to do this?
Q2:Now I'm seeing a lot of bike part brands using unidirectional carbon layers to do this kind of works. what do you advise? twill or uni?


example of a carbon brake lever:
http://www.bikebling.com/v/vspfiles/photos/Formula-Carbon-Levers-R1-2T.jpg


By mhdghoul - 3/15/2012 9:59:38 PM

i think u should use kevlar after 4 layers of carbon and i think u should fill it with resin before you attach the 2 sides so it would be solid from inside , but beleive me its just an opinion i never tried it to tell u that its right or wrong , if u did and it worked please tell me.