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  1. 09-16-2004, 12:59 PM #16
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    That's what's actually in the Honda gearbox. It's a tiny little nanotube factory powered by Minaar's legs...
    You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel.

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  2. 09-16-2004, 01:00 PM #17
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    I should know better next time than to ask a serious question!!



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  3. 09-16-2004, 01:02 PM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by binary visions
    That's what's actually in the Honda gearbox. It's a tiny little nanotube factory powered by Minaar's legs...
    No, it's powered by gnomes. I thought we'd established this.
    I will call him... mini-minaar.
    10 baby seals to death, I spent to publish this news. What kind of a savage race to provide free medical care to those barbarians?
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  4. 09-16-2004, 01:07 PM #19
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    maybe you guys are thinking about the elusive 'bucky-balls' instead?
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    But, but, he can say he's sponsored and stuff. He's a real racer 'brah' now.
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  5. 09-16-2004, 01:13 PM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeD
    No, it's powered by gnomes. I thought we'd established this.
    I will call him... mini-minaar.
    Oh, come on now. If you were Honda, do you think you'd spend all of your R&D money hiring gnomes to make some schmuck on a downhill bike go faster, or would you try to harnass his energy to produce futuristic technology?

    The only reason they didn't get Lance to do it is because they couldn't fit the production machine inside that skinny roadie tubing - downhill is the only place where that huge box doesn't look totally out of place...
    You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel.

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  6. 09-16-2004, 01:13 PM #21
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    another version of the same story.. http://news.com.com/Nanotubes+race+t...bj=news.7337.5
    "Aye, tis' a noble steed, the BB7." - M.W.
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  7. 09-16-2004, 01:17 PM #22
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    I kept reading this thinking what does stans notubes have to do with bars.......
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  8. 09-16-2004, 01:21 PM #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by zedro
    maybe you guys are thinking about the elusive 'bucky-balls' instead?
    Yes, they aren't the same thing. Maybe they could make a BFCUNT bar (no I mean Buckyball Filled Carbon Ultra NanoTubes) :

    Buckyball-filled Nanotubes


    From 1998, WSJ:

    Though prices have dropped over the years, buckyballs, still cost from $25 to $200 a gram, depending on their purity. That’s something like $11,000 or more a pound. For any commercially viable product, buckyballs need to cost well under $100 a pound.
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    Here's a website of a company that sell single-wall carbon nanotubes...


    More than 100 grams : $60/g
    50-100 grams : $80/g
    Less than 50 grams : $100/g

    For multi-wall carbon nanotubes, it's about 10X less expensive.
    http://www.mercorp.com/mercorp/Nanot...-nanotubes.pdf
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  10. 09-16-2004, 01:52 PM #25
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    Thats only several grand for a pair of bars, not bad!
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    Quote Originally Posted by dw
    Thats only several grand for a pair of bars, not bad!
    something roadies WOULD pay for
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    Quote Originally Posted by dw
    Thats only several grand for a pair of bars, not bad!
    Does that mean it's only a couple grand if you only have one bike and don't need a pair?!

    You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by binary visions
    Does that mean it's only a couple grand if you only have one bike and don't need a pair?!

    sad when you can say the most expensive part on your bike are the bars!!
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  14. 09-16-2004, 04:41 PM #29
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    Yeah, but will they be available in 31.8?
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    Will they make one for freeriding?

    edit: damn, surfinguru beat me to it
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