New Kite Buggy Axle Concept
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Ate Eilander from Holland has been busy using his hobby of playing about with Carbon Fibre, making everything from axle mounts, to kite buggy wrap around carbon bodies, I was interested in his axle concept, I have never seen anything like this before, and I love it when people think outside the box. Ate tells […]
David Hobbs Front Mudguard = Quality
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Once again I have been extremely honoured, this is the first David Hobbs Carbon Fibre Disk Fork Mudguard in Europe. When it first arrive from its long journey from Australia, I was very impressed with the quality and craftsmanship of the purpose made kite buggy front guard, and the best bit….it is made from carbon […]
Carbon Kite Buggy Axles
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I (that’s me on the left Frans Noordhuis) started experimenting with carbon in 2012. I made the first axle with a carbon tube from a friend. Wall thickness was about 1 mm and I was really surprised with the strength. In the end I wasn’t too happy with the looks of it and I decided to build […]
New Carbon Axle & Clamps
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I am a sucker for being up to date, and I had watched the development of the carbon buggy axles from Frans Noordhuis, he has a Facebook page worth checking out Carbon Buggy, while you are there check out the amazing stainless inserts made by Andy Man in Wales, believe me I have seem his work, he is […]