Assembly

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This part describes the final assembly of the frame, the way how I joined tubes to each other.

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Jigs

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This part describes two construction jigs. Construction jigs hold all the carbon tubes on the correct place during assembly. The jigs are made from wooden slabs.

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Chainstays

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This part describes the way how I prepared chain stays. It is probably one of the most difficult tasks. Chain stay tubes are attached to the rear dropouts on one end and to the BB shell on the opposite end.

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Rear dropouts

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This section describes the way how I prepared rear dropouts. My first intention was to make dropouts from aluminum but I ended with steel ones. To prevent galvanic corrosion, finished dropouts I unwrapped with glass fabric.

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Carbon fiber tubes

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Well, it is time to start to do something for real. My intention was to prepare all the tubes of the frame first and then join them together. Styrofoam is cut out by cutting knife, shaped by sandpapers, wrapped by wet carbon fiber cloth and finally wrapped by perforated PVC tape and applied vacuum by manual vacuum pump. I describe the way how I prepared the top tube. All other tubes are prepared the same way.

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Materials and tools

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This section describes material and tools used for construction of carbon fiber road bike frame.You can find here description of appliances used for construction, as manual vacuum pump and wooden frame for chainstays construction.

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Introduction

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I decided to upgrade my old road bike. Actually, I decided to build quite new bike, starting from frame. The frame will be made of carbon fiber. There are some instructions on the internet describing how to do it yourself. So, it should not be difficult...or am I mistaken?

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