I just got out my linen shorts for the after-cycling spring weekend BBQ season, so when I chanced upon the flax /carbon bike frame tube cross-section on the BicycleDesign website, I was happy to see I was in good company. I clicked around on the post, and checked out the links on BicycleDesign to CozyBeehive BioComposite Race Bike Part 1 and Part 2 . If you want to see how Johan Museeuw makes bicycle frames using carbon and flax, check out the YouTube video on the Museeuw site. He uses different carbon-flax ratios for different frame tubes to tune the ride qualities. The Museeuw bike photos below give a breakdown of ratios.
If you are not familiar with flax, it is a plant from which, historically, people made linen thread, linseed oil, fiber-based products, and snacks (from the seeds.) Cyclingnews gives a review of how the Museeuw flax and carbon bike frame rides. The name, "MF-1" is taken from the "M" in Museeuw and the "F" in flax. (Quiet your minds, cats familar with curse word abbreviations.) I have not tried one of these frames, but if you have had the chance to ride one of these frames, put up a post.
(Photos lifted from the YouTube,except the cross section photo lifted from BicycleDesign site, and the two complete bikes with flax to carbon breakdown lifted from the Museeuw Bike site.)
