Testing another method of joining the shock mount to the bicycle frame. The gray is a temporary mold cavity affixed to the frame tube. The yellow is a conical feature which must be formed into the outside of the shock mount for the mounting screw head.
Fiber wetted with resin will be placed into the cavity wrapped around
the pivot pin to achieve the hoop strength necessary for the
application. The plan is to loop tow around the pin then trail out onto
the tube following the lines of stress in the finished structure.
The carbon fibers were run from the pivot hole out onto the frame tube and back again. Then wrapped with the elastic band. Pinch clamps were added to the flat sections to improve compaction and debulk.
I didn't use enough fabric, and the layup was resin heavy. The compaction could have been better as well. I think this will work well on the final product with more care matching fabric amount to the volume of the mold cavity and a better means of applying compression to the flat surface.
The carbon fibers were run from the pivot hole out onto the frame tube and back again. Then wrapped with the elastic band. Pinch clamps were added to the flat sections to improve compaction and debulk.
I didn't use enough fabric, and the layup was resin heavy. The compaction could have been better as well. I think this will work well on the final product with more care matching fabric amount to the volume of the mold cavity and a better means of applying compression to the flat surface.
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