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Next challenge: the lightest concrete bike. Concrete canoes are a thing civil engineers make for fun [1]. Weight can come in at under 10kg [2]. That's about
by femto 4y ago
Next challenge: the lightest concrete bike.
Concrete canoes are a thing civil engineers make for fun [1]. Weight can come in at under 10kg [2]. That's about half the weight of a typical canoe [3].
On that basis, one might be able to build a concrete bike that is lighter than a typical bike?
[1] https://www.asce.org/communities/student-members/conferences/asce-concrete-canoe-competition https://www.asce.org/communities/student-members/conferences...
[2] https://www.concrete.org/Portals/0/Files/PDF/20-1stPlace-Kongu-4MenCanoe.pdf https://www.concrete.org/Portals/0/Files/PDF/20-1stPlace-Kon...
[3] https://paddlecamp.com/how-much-does-a-canoe-weigh/ https://paddlecamp.com/how-much-does-a-canoe-weigh/
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