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Old 10-30-20, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Russ Roth
My understanding is that they had to put Kevlar between the carbon and aluminum to prevent corrosion of the aluminum. Calfee used to do repairs, still does?, and had info on their site about it. Haven't looked in a while.
During the transitional period for tennis and golf, kevlar was used in the carbon fiber layup to add extra strength. Maybe same for the early bike frames that used CF?
Kevlar / Aramid was also used in tennis strings in the 80s for the same purpose.
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