phelpsa
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| posted on 26/3/04 at 02:34 PM |
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Tiger carbon fibre cycle wings
£60 for these, sound quite good value. They would fit 15x7s easily. Would they fit a locost?
Adam
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ned
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| posted on 26/3/04 at 03:17 PM |
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you could trying asking tiger!!!
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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thebutler
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| posted on 26/3/04 at 04:10 PM |
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I'd be a bit wary. Ask Viper how he feels about Tiger mouldings 
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phelpsa
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| posted on 26/3/04 at 06:41 PM |
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Where is Viper, haven't heard from him for a little while. What was the matter with the tiger mouldings?
Adam
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 26/3/04 at 08:16 PM |
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Apparently, they don't fit Tigers!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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petescamel
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| posted on 26/3/04 at 08:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
Apparently, they don't fit Tigers!
mark youv'e got it wrong
they fit tigers just not the ones every one else buy
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thebutler
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| posted on 27/3/04 at 02:50 AM |
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that's my point 
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phelpsa
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| posted on 27/3/04 at 08:55 AM |
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So I shouldn't bother with them?
Adam
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Northy
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| posted on 27/3/04 at 09:34 AM |
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Bit bellow the belt!
They're only cycle wings! They don't really need to "fit" anything. My cycle wings are fine.
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing! 
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
Built 2L 8 Valve Vx Powered Avon
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Peteff
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| posted on 27/3/04 at 11:49 AM |
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If you can't make a pair of cycle wings fit it's time to give up, it's like asking if a hat will fit on your head.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Jasper
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| posted on 27/3/04 at 12:02 PM |
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Are they REAL CF, or just that stuff that looks like CF?
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phelpsa
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| posted on 27/3/04 at 01:10 PM |
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Well, if they expect me to pay £60 for them I jolly well hope they are proper CF. Even if it isn't then they could be caught by the Ad standards
agency, cause thats what they advertise them as.
Adam
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Northy
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| posted on 27/3/04 at 03:54 PM |
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Is that £60 a pair?
You don't really expect to get a pair of totally CF cycle wings for £60 do you? 
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing!
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
Built 2L 8 Valve Vx Powered Avon
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phelpsa
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| posted on 28/3/04 at 05:56 PM |
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No, £60 each.
Adam
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greggors84
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| posted on 5/4/04 at 07:07 PM |
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keep your eyes peeled on ebay we got some for £50 for a pair which were to fit 15s/195 tyres, but were running 16s with 205s so we had to take the Mk
Indy stantions through theside of the wing which is really difficult. and ended up making a much bigger dirty hole in the wing which is a shame
:'( but a gromet will hide it from maplins
PS: ours were real carbon fibre although they were very thin
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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Peteff
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| posted on 5/4/04 at 08:17 PM |
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ours were real carbon fibre although they were very thin
That's the idea of carbon fibre, it's to keep the weight down not to look pretty. The look is easy to achieve by cheaper means but it
defeats the object. Racing teams paint over it would you believe.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 5/4/04 at 09:09 PM |
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quote:
Original Post by Greggors
making a much bigger dirty hole in the wing which is a shame :'( but a gromet will hide it from maplins
Why try and hide it from Maplin's... do you know something we all should know? 
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ned
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| posted on 6/4/04 at 08:27 AM |
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i've heard that tigers carbon cycle wings are only a wet layup, ie carbon matting laid up wet in a fibreglass type mould. they won't be as
light or as strong as a pre-preg carbon cycle wing. depends what properties you want in the wings really. they will look the part and are proper
carbon fibre, but don't have the low weight and stiffness properties you might expect..
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Martin Sports Car
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| posted on 9/4/04 at 05:59 PM |
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Hi there,
I made my own to and they feet 205 tyres R15 wheels
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kingr
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| posted on 10/4/04 at 12:00 AM |
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Ummm, they're cycle wings, who gives a crap if they're solid CF and whether they're wet lay up or prepreg? There's precisely 0
point in having a solid prepreg autoclaved cycle wing, they'll look no prettier than CF over GRP, the weight savings will be so tiny as to be
not worth worrying about and the cost, by their very nature will be far more than a more pedestrian method. All they'll do is cause genuine
heart ache when one flys off and gets crushed under a lorry. But hey, if you're really worried about the structural properties of your cycle
wings, I'm sure Reverie would be only too happy to make you a set of the most expensive cycle wings on earth. Whilst your at it, I'd
recomend you get them to gold plate the inside surfaces to allow better heat transfer.
Kingr
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