Show me your mixed materials bikes!
 

We have a thread for titanium and carbon bikes, so why not a thread of mixed material bikes as well? I have only test ridden a Nove and enjoyed the feel of it. Ever since then I have wanted to try out a ti/carbon mixed frameset.

I found one that was very unique and looked to be a good fit. I'd like to see what the rest of the folks here have in the mixed materials realm! Post em up!Attachment 1697958745

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I was wondering what you ended up with! Looks cool.

Both are seamless transitions. First is Ti/carbon. Thread is here.
https://i.imgur.com/Dc5gKgMl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/164R60Hl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/htOUR6Jl.jpg


Second is aluminum and carbon. Cannondale SystemSix Barloworld Team Rep frameset. It's been stripped (Campy was donated to the Holland) and is just a parts hanger currently, but trying to sort out how to rebuild it.. It's been 9s Record, 10s Record, 11s Chorus - Gotta figure out what I wanna hang on it next to actually ride it..

https://i.imgur.com/vX50v37l.jpg

Im your huckleberry
[IMG]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/820/3...af621ef0_h.jpgslow7 by Matt.zilliox, on Flickr[/IMG]

Seven 622 SLX stock 54.5cm with an enve fork for some reason. i like it, real quick and agile, and light.

[IMG]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4753/...c0c16431_h.jpgdowtown seven by Matt.zilliox, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4711/...b3eda4ac_h.jpgseven cycles by Matt.zilliox, on Flickr[/IMG]

Matt, your bikes are top notch and your photography is MORE than respectable. Keep on keeping it real, my brother!

Used to hate the thought and look of mixed material bikes...and now I have two of ‘em and love them both!

Seven Odonata:

https://i.imgur.com/Xf9dhhkl.jpg

Colnago ct1:

https://i.imgur.com/MDnklbzl.jpg

Lemond
 

Oldie but goodie....rides fantastic!

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...915b02aa25.jpg

I made some changes this week to my Ottrott. Finally admitted I’m too old for the 53/39 crankset so I put a 50/34 in its place. Also swapped out the pictured wheels for a new set of Fulcrum Racing Zeros.


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All good stuff! Keep `em coming!

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Removed before there's a meltdown in the cosmic fabric that holds the world together. Whew, close call. :banana:

I don't have one yet, but someday when I have time for such projects I'm jonesing to do something like this wood "tubed" conversion from Myrrhcycles:

http://www.cycleexif.com/wp-content/...es-mtb-1-1.jpg

https://www.instagram.com/myrrhcycles/
http://www.cycleexif.com/myrrh-cycles-mtb

Slightly shrunken version of PaMtbRider's
HED 3 stinger tubulars are an experiment
Coming soon: subtle multicolor Cinelli bar tape that Tyler showed

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/790/3...716fa9d1_b.jpgUntitled by cgolvin, on Flickr

NB
Just adding a carbon fork does not a mixed material frame make. :no:

Tim

Early Prince
 

This would go just as well in the Y2K era thread. I swapped the original 7700 from this onto my friend's carbon DeRosa, then rebuilt it for him with Tiagra. Later built him a touring bike and he gave me the Prince in trade. Need to find some DA bits for it and some more appropriate wheels.

This has been on here before, I'm sure, but here's my Ottrott in Tuscany:

[IMG]http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/...psc3flgk5d.jpg[/IMG]

1999ish Pinarello Opera - Steel frame with carbon seat stays and fork. This was a great bike (though always has been a bit small for me (hence the setback and stem). Will be hitting CL this weekend in the interest of N-1...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4568/2...56568aa4_b.jpg

LOL, reading comprehension issues there Tim?

OP's posts: We have a thread for titanium and carbon bikes, so why not a thread of mixed material bikes as well? I have only test ridden a Nove and enjoyed the feel of it. Ever since then I have wanted to try out a ti/carbon mixed frameset. " No where does he say frame. He says frameset.

Define frameset: A frameset consists of the frame and front fork of a bicycle and sometimes includes the headset and seat post.

So....the issue is what? :p

I would say the thread title should have been more specific to mixed-material frames, but I will say you have a couple very pretty bikes!

+1 to "mixed-material" referring to the frame, not the frameset.

There were plenty of carbon forks in the aluminum and steel threads.

LOL, I actually totally agree now that I see that I'm the only one to read it so literally.

I'm feeling so persecuted now for not reading the OP's mind instead of just his words. Time to crawl off into a corner and cry, LOL! :rolleyes:

Apologies for the confusion. My uneducated self did put frameset instead of frame, but it was pretty evident what my intent was. BTW nice lemond James. I really like the paint.

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Lets start a thread of non-carbon bikes with carbon forks, 'cause there ain't nothing more exciting than a stock bike with a stock fork.

I fixed it, I'm easily confused. ;)

Eh! It's alright, I laughed a. It and almost messaged you about it on PM.. life goes on, youve got some pretty bikes sir!

Wait a minute! I've got a steel bike with a steel fork that I put a carbon stem on, does that qualify as mixed material?

So confused.

I believe you nailed it with your first post in this thread. That thing is a big beauty!:bike: :banana:

LOL, it's all good. I never take this stuff seriously. Too busy drooling over all the beautiful bikes. :)

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5446/9331881128_11aa556d90_c.jpg
 

This bike built by Edmund Polchlopek in France in the 1980's and used main tubes of MacSteel tubing. These butted steel tubes had .2mm-wall center sections lined with carbon fiber, and were originally designed for aircraft.
Diamondback would do something similar with their "welded carbon fiber" bikes in the 90's, but neither of these designs exposed the carbon to assembly heat applied near the ends of the tubes.
This bike has Tri geometry, so I don't ride it much, but has lasted over 30 years now and shows no unusual flex characteristics. I like that it has the elegance of lugged-steel construction, and was initially in disbelief when the seller told me it was a composite frame!

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5446/9...aa556d90_c.jpg

That is so cool. Excell steel did the same thing. Somewhere in the Gita warehouse is a Giordana steel frame with carbon fiber inside the tubes.

I was so close to buying that from them a couple of times, but I wanted the red switched to blue and so couldn't afford it.

Beautiful.
Gorgeous, and very likely built by the fellow who built Hilltopperny's new bicycle.

Gorgeous.

Gorgeous x 2, just superb. I really love those pre-Onda Pinarellos.




And, no, carbon forks, cork tape, alu posts, ti bolts, Alcantara saddle covers, etc...don't count as "mixed materials". ;)
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Mzilliox's Seven
 

For some reason, can't copy the pics Matt posted earlier in this thread, which might be a good thing as they make my heart skip a beat or two. Just want to say, beautiful bike and beautiful pics. Thanks for sharing!

hey thanks, its quickly winning its way into my heart;)

I'll be honest, I've snagged a few of Matt's pictures to use as desktop images. They are a great reminder to get out and ride my bikes and are so pleasing to look at!

bike pics
 

So now, those bike pics of yours have me wondering about great photographers who who took pics of bikes? There must be some that I just can't recall now. Cartier-Bresson maybe? Hmmm

Moser Carbon FSB
 

Always though it should have been FBS (fillet brazed steel). Carbon tubes except for steel head tube, with fillet brazed steel seat and BB cluster.

One of his most famous images:

http://www.phaidon.com/resource/sfmo...yeres-1932.jpg
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+1k

Indeed.

Mzilliox and joostx and velotel...always wonderful photos, in those great landscapes. They are a real pleasure to look at, every single time.
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My first real road bike. Had it 4 years then sold it to a friend. Bought it back from him a few years later and now it resides in South America awaiting my annual trip.

http://majl.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-3/p2829495609-5.jpg