https://reebcycles.com/bikes/mountain/sqweeb/
145mm with a 160mm fork , hand built aluminum as well .
long travel wagon wheelers
That's a pretty big front ring, no?
Posted by: FLATCH
That's a pretty big front ring, no?
On the REEB? A 32t doesn't seem that big with an Eagle cassette.
Posted by: FLATCH
That's a pretty big front ring, no?
Chain guide probably makes it look bigger than it really is.
Look at the size of that thing. 40t?
Posted by: craw
Behold.
What's it weigh? I know I know.....
Posted by: syncro
Posted by: FLATCH
That's a pretty big front ring, no?
Chain guide probably makes it look bigger than it really is.
chain guide, I had to look close to be sure it didn't have a front derailleur.
Uh oh....
This looks sweet, and there is so much to love: the NUTS system, one front triangle for multiple set up options, adjustable reach, made in NA, progressive geo.
Swiss army knife that bike is , curious as too max travel with the 29er . The Smash is 145mm ,
Posted by: JBV
it's a good looking bike. i hate the shock placement and name though.
Seriously, that shock placement. Aesthetically it bugs me. Also not a fan of the branding/names/heavy metal image. But congrats to them thinking outside the box on going carbon.
Posted by: earleb
not a fan of the branding/names/heavy metal image.
Hand guns on th c/s. Dude wearing "Colt" trucker cap on PB interview. lol... 'cause, 'merica!
horn toss for xtra gnarcore, braaah
You could aways chisel off them rivets but then you'd lose the serial #, man.
I'd like to know if this new process is any less polluting.
Last edited by: tungsten on Feb. 1, 2019, 1:04 p.m., edited 1 time in total.
sounds like it's some sort of thermoplastic resin process that's purportedly less wasteful / hazardous. here's the patent ap, for composite keeners:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20180264756A1/en?oq=US20180264756A1
It will be a PEEK or PEKK based thermoplastic resin. I'd bet maybe the stuff in this article. https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/peek-or-pekk-in-future-tpc-aerostructures
As for the robot I think they're doing a narrow tape robotic arm. In a traditional layup you would have sheets of pre-preg that then get cut into the hundreds of small flat forms on a lazer table. These flat pieces are then all hand laid into the mold per the schedule. With the narrow tape the robotic arm would be laying out hundreds of strips in to get to the final schedule. They then might trim the perimeter of the schedule before moving that into the mold. Google Automated Fiber Placement and you get an idea of the tape heads on the end of the robot arms.
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