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I strongly suspect that the steel reinforcement used in the frame could have acted as a rigid enough frame without the concrete

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• epakai 4y ago
  It sort of does. You can see the fork got damaged mid-span in some of the riding shots. Still there isn't enough strength in places like the fork ends or crown without the concrete.
• ejb999 4y ago
  correct, it is a steel framed bike, covered with concrete - not a concrete bike.
  • ant6n 4y ago
    It’s steel reinforced concrete. That’s how houses out of concrete are built as well.
  • tiborsaas 4y ago
    Since most practical uses of concrete uses some kind of reinforcement this is still a concrete bike.
• amelius 4y ago
  I strongly suspect they could just as well have used a normal bike and cast the concrete around it (which they did for some parts) ...
  • wolpoli 4y ago
    I suspect that the concrete will crack if it is just molded to the frame itself. Concrete cracks easily without support.
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