From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017012100550230558-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > wasnt the Parker Fly carbon fiber ?  believe it was, at least the original   
   > ones.   
      
   Their site seems to mention wood a lot but wikipedia mentioned that the   
   necks and fingerboards are carbon while the  body is wood covered with   
   carbon.   
      
   > Parker sold the design to some other company and not sure what happened   
   > then.   
      
   Come to think of it, I have seen that  silly design elsewhere, and still   
   called "The Fly" - I think it's kind of ugly.   
      
   > Frets are a major issue. They would seem to be solidly in the fiber neck,   
   > baked in, not really replacable.  So Parker used stainless for the fret   
   > material for extended wear resistance.   
      
   Maybe they are replaceable, or really permanent ;)   
      
   > Hey, I could be wrong. Typing this from memory, you should look it all up   
   > to verify.   
      
   I thought wikipedia had more to say about them than their  own site did.   
      
   > Carbon fiber is all the rage in high dollar bicycles now. A carbon frame   
   > can cut the weight a few lbs, and in the deal make the thing completely   
   > unrepairable from any wreck damage. But hey, it's progress.  My brother   
   > has several cf frame bikes, approaching $10K each.  He likes them.   
   > $10,000 for a two wheel, pedal, bicyle.  He has three, maybe four of   
   > those.  Luckily, he's taller than me and so his bikes are a bit too large   
   > frames for me to ride. I'd hate to wreck one and scratch it :-)   
      
   Sounds like he's in the money, and/or professional bicycle racing to have   
   such a collection!   
      
   And I thought carbon composite was extremely durable ;)   
      
   When it comes to racing, and it's possible to shave off a few hundredths of   
   a second to possibly win a race, they'll spend thousands to do it. Now what   
   was that that's supposed to be so terrible about using steroids to win a   
   race? ;)   
      
   > I live in a much simpler world. Good old Chrome Moly is pleny good enough   
   > for the frames on my bikes. Even is that does add 2 or so lbs to the total   
   > bike weight :-)   Once I get on the thing, that 2 or 3 lbs  barely adds   
   > one percent of the total weight ( me and the bike ). Big deal.  haha.   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   To them, it's a very big deal when all that matters is the stopwatch.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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