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While we all can't be Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France, we can enjoy riding through the great outdoors on a road bike. Road biking is fast growing sport that not only gets you outside, but gets you physically fit as well. Road bikes are designed for speed. They have light weight frames and thin high pressure tires for gliding over hard road services.

Most new cyclists will want to start with a quality bike that won't break the bank. The primary driver of a road bike's cost is the frame. Bicycle frames are made from various different materials. The materials drive the cost. Most high end road bikes are made from light weight but strong materials. Bikes on the lower end of the price range have frames made from either steel or aluminum. Aluminum is lighter but offers a harsher ride. Steel of course is stronger and heavier, but offers a smoother ride due to the extra weight.

Working our way a little further up the price scale, medium priced bikes offer frames with some components and parts made out of carbon. Many medium priced bikes have aluminum frames with carbon forks. Even further up the price line are bikes that have both frames and components made from carbon fiber. Carbon fiber is a material that consists of thin fibers made primarily of carbon. Carbon fiber is a very strong and durable material that is very light.

The most elite (and expensive) bikes are made from Titanium. Often referred to as the "space age metal", Titanium is very light weight and strong. Titanium also has the benefit of being corrosion resistant as well. Bikes made with Titanium are expensive and definitely intended for high end cyclists.

If you aren't sure exactly which of the various frame options are right for you, take a test ride. Riding a bike made from the different materials is the best way to make the right choice for your road bike.

In in addition to the frames, the various components of the bike, including wheels, gears, and brakes can make a big difference as well. After all, who wants to be in the middle of their ride and having to fight with the shift mechanism.

The right bike for you will boil down to a combination of price, comfort, features and style. When buying your road bike, focus on getting the best frame you can buy. Components such as brakes, shifters, seats, etc can all be upgraded later, but the frame is the core of the bike.

Most importantly once you do purchase your bike, get out there and ride it!

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Carbon Fiber Hoods: Long Lasting and Benefits Your Car

Are you looking for information on carbon fiber hoods? It's now clear that sports car enthusiasts are completely in love with carbon fiber while everyone else is only just now learning about this extraordinary material. You may have heard of carbon fiber because of the famous carbon fiber hoods that has swept the feet off of car enthusiasts across the country. Carbon fiber is not being used on multiple interior car parts because it has proven quite effective in those endeavors. Surprisingly though, most people are buying carbon fiber products without really having any idea as to what it is. Well, the mystery is about to be cleared!

50 years ago, carbon fiber was developed and found a place in the aerospace and military worlds. At the time, the material was very expensive so only those 2 industries could afford it. It is only recently that carbon fiber became cheap enough to use it for those amazing carbon fiber hoods. That's why carbon fiber is now more highly utilized in other fields.

There are 2 processes for carbon fiber production. They are the "wet lay-up" and "pre-impregnated lay-up" procedures. Homemade carbon fiber producers prefer the "wet" because it is inexpensive and requires less labor. Dry fibers are first fitted onto the bottom of molds. Then, resin tops of the fibers and spread with a brush to evenly distribute it. The resin is layered on until the thickness goal is reached. If done incorrectly, the fibers will be overly filled with resin which will add too much weight which harms the strength and stiffness of the end product. Sometimes, some pieces of "wet" carbon fiber are deformed because some sections have too much resin whereas others are too thin.

For more consistent results, the "pre-impregnated lay-up" procedure is preferable. People have been working for the last 20 years to perfect it so that good carbon fiber can be consistently made. In the factory, fibers are filled with resin before they are rolled up. Then, action is taken to freeze them so that the curing process is ceased. Usually, the "impregnated" end products are 20% to 30% stronger versus the "wet" carbon fiber. There are 2 options to curing "impregnated" carbon fiber. First, you can put a roll into a vacuum bag compaction and then shove the bag into an oven to bake. The resin will become solid "glass" afterwards. Or, you can seal the roll into a vacuum bag compaction with an autoclave before baking it under a pressure cooker set between 250 to 350 degrees.

Car manufacturers took notice of carbon fiber during the 1970s. In 1977, Ford made a vehicle entirely composed of carbon fiber composites - carbon fiber hoods. During the 1990s, GM constructed a concept car from carbon fiber and guess what? It ran 100 miles for every gallon of fuel. Overall, carbon fiber cars weigh less, more inexpensive, and are highly fuel-efficient. It was only recently that the possibility of carbon fiber cars was attainable because carbon fiber was approximately $100 per pound when it was first invented. Back then, steel only cost 40 cents per pound. Now, the price has been significantly reduced to the $5 to $10 range and many other industries are jumping on board wanting to make use of it. Automobile enthusiasts love the gorgeous finish of carbon fiber hoods, but there are many practical reasons for purchasing carbon fiber products as well.

So in the future when you're perusing carbon fiber hoods or another carbon fiber product, do your research before you finalize a purchase. Check out your online auto parts dealer for more information on the latest styles for your car.

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GSX-R 600 exhaust question...will it fit?

I'm looking at getting an exhaust for my '06 GSX-R 600. The site that I'm gunna order through only has Carbon fiber for the 1000...Will the GSXR 1000 fit on a 600/750 no problems?

he's right, the flanges on the 1000 that bolt to the engine will certaily be different if it was a full system

basically if it fits all the gixxers the title says gsx-r 600/750/1000 so if it doesn't say that it probably doesn't fit.

you can always call the manufacturer to make sure, I'm sure there's another company out there that makes a cf for the 600 as well.

Schmidt Moves Team To New Shop In Indianapolis
Indianapolis, July 29, 2010: After two races in Canada on consecutive weekends, the members of Sam Schmidt Motorsports have packed their bags for their return trip home, and more importantly, a new race shop from which they'll work.

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