I was messing around with some of my bike stuff over the weekend, pulled out some old mtb inner tubes looked at a diy fiberglass pole I modified to make a short wfp, cut the tube to the size of the first section and slid it on. [B]Does anyone know if there could be any sort of reaction to fiberglass as well as to a carbon fiber pole with a rubber sleeve on it (ie wearing out the outside surface etc…)? [/B]I may try to find some large heat shrink tubing to seal top end of pole to keep h2o if it works.
How tight of a fit is it? I think that if something is under constant movement, there’s likely to be some kind of wear- but I would imagine the rubber would wear out, not the pole.
Carbon fiber is reactive with certain metals, such as aluminum, because of the carbon being a conductor, and some other sciency stuff I can’t remember. FG doesn’t have that problem. And I can’t imagine rubber causing any issues… But I’m no expert!
They make heat shrink tubing that is used for building composite (carbon or FG) tubing: http://composites.sollerpaddles.com,carbon-fiber,carbon,fiber,sleeve,fabric (it’s right near the bottom of that page, before the customer comments)
I would buy the untreated heat shrink for what you want to do- that is, if the diameter is large enough for your pole.
Cool find, btw!
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