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Old June 6th 11, 01:39 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Tºm Shermªn™ °_°[_2_]
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Default Molded, Not Laid-up and Painted

On 6/5/2011 6:41 PM, Andre Jute wrote:
On Jun 5, 7:43�pm, T�m Sherm�n� �_�""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
$southslope.net" wrote:

The perfect solution is tossing all your stuff behind the seat of your
velomobile.


The perfect solution to looking a right jerkoff on any road anywhere
in the world: a "velomobile", furthermore painted in a silly
exhibitionist's fluorescent pastel color. Yech.


Point of technical correction - the body on my Trisled Rotovelo [1] is
*not* painted. Rather, pigment is added to the HDPE resin prior to
rotational molding. This provides a shell that is much less susceptible
to cosmetic damage than painted fiber-reinforced epoxy shells. The
shell is also semi-translucent, so an internal light can be added for
glow-in-the-dark effects.

[1]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19704682@N08/5792235188/sizes/l/in/photostream/.

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