Which is ok? The bike is made of/from carbon fiber.
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The choice between "from" and "of" really depends on what the writer intends to express in the sentence. If the focus is on the material as a basic constituent for making an item or product, "of" provides that meaning.
Example: The necklace is made OF gold.
On the contrary, if the focus is on the how an item or product is manufactured using the material, "from" provides that meaning.
Example: Believe it or not, glass is made FROM liquid sand. / Many plastic products are made FROM petroleum.
There is a meaning of something being manufactured when we use "from". You may have heard of an expression that something is "made from scratch", and not "made of scratch". This expression means that something was single-handedly made or assembled from some raw materials, and the final product can be put to a different use.
A bicycle is made by manufacturing the frame, assembling the tyres and so on. Perhaps carbon fibre is added to the frame or the spokes of the wheel to make it strong, but we are considering the final product (the bicycle) after a manufacturing process. Therefore, we can say that "The bicycle is made from carbon fibre."
On the other hand, if we are focusing of a part of a bicycle such as the frame, there is nothing wrong in saying that "The bicycle frame is made of carbon fibre."
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https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/65892/made-of-vs-made-from I suggest you read this, as you can see the correct form would be 'made from'
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Actually, it's not as simple as Marina suggests. We would not ask what a bike is made of or from since it has many different materials. The tires are rubber, and the frame could be made 'of' carbon fiber.
Describing a manufacturing process, we talk about the constituent materials by saying 'from.' Example: This table is made from trees from Brazil.
Example: This bike is made from quality materials from various suppliers.
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