Hi,

New to composites and would like some advice

I'm looking to achieve something similar to Adam Hansen's 'Hanseeno' cycling shoes - here's a video with him talking about them: https://cyclingtips.com/2014/05/adam-hansens-custom-shoes/

I've ordered a started kit and some unidirectional sheets from easycomposites and I've got a vague idea where to start.

I'm most worried about keeping the uppers flexible enough (Hansen talks about using a different resin there for this reason), and joining different parts to make a whole if I construct the shoes in sections.

Thanks
Luke

hi Luke!

wow, didn't expect you to reply so fast :-)

i did nothing yet, i still collect info. i have this in mind for about one year. i really hope i'll do it. i have very wide feet, narrow heels, low volume feet, etc, and very-to-impossible to find shoes. that's why thinking to build my own shoes.

yup, at first it looked easy, then hard, then easy, and then hard... so in the end it's not that easy to hand made custom shoes... but, still, i think we can do it :-)

i am thinking the same, to build the upper part of the shoes with fabric (carbon/kevlar) and this special EF80 resin.

weirdly, very very very little info, like really nothing out there, about this EF80 product.

glad to hear that "it worked quite well" ;-)

i am curious about couple aspects, once you have fabric laminated with this EF80:
- has it like a rubber characteristics, like rubber to touch?
- how can you cut it and make holes into it? like normal, easy, or...?
- how can you bond it to other materials, bond it to regular cured carbon fiber part? i've read that it's very hard to do that since not possible to sand, so not possible to make a mechanical bond.

thank you & best regards,
Mircea