Carbon fibre tubes.

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Chris Dole
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Hello.

I wouldn’t recommend using grub screws on a carbon tube of 1.5mm. I imagine that the screws would need to be quite tight and this could damage the tubing. A thicker wall thickness, say 3mm, would be more resilient although some marring may still occur.

Chris.