# What filament is best for bike and motorcycle parts?

These comments do not name a filament for a structural bike. The highest-scored reply says welding steel would be cheaper and safer, and the next one jokes that a printed bike explodes. A separate thread is a PLA holder, and that reply limits it to a spot that will not be violently abused. The temperatures below are print settings, not a frame rating.

These comments do not name a filament for a structural bike. The highest-scored reply says welding steel would be cheaper and safer, and the next one jokes that a printed bike explodes. A separate thread is a PLA holder, and that reply limits it to a spot that will not be violently abused. The temperatures below are print settings, not a frame rating.

A bike part is either a clip that must not fall off, or a structure that has to survive a bump. These comments answer the second one by refusing it. [Outdoor filament](/answers/outdoor) is weather. [Strength](/answers/strength) is load. [Carbon fiber](/answers/cf) is the fiber page, which is where a nylon-CF question belongs. None of them rates a printed frame.
## Print settings, not a frame list

[Bambu PLA Basic](/brand/bambu-lab/pla-basic) lists 190–230 °C (374–446 °F), a bed of 35–45 °C (95–113 °F), and drying at 50 °C (122 °F) for 8 h, sheet checked 14 October 2026. [PolyLite PETG](/brand/polymaker/polylite-petg) lists 220–250 °C (428–482 °F) and a bed of 70–90 °C (158–194 °F) in the Open Filament Database, dataset imported 13 October 2026, and drying at 65 °C (149 °F) for 6 h on the technical data sheet, drying checked 18 October 2026. [Bambu ASA](/brand/bambu-lab/asa) lists 235–260 °C (455–500 °F) and a bed of 90–110 °C (194–230 °F) in that same database import, and its sheet checked 18 October 2026 stores drying at 80 °C (176 °F) for 8 h. No safety certification is listed. PLA is first because the holder comment names it. The comments do not. The order is not a safety ranking, and it is not a claim that PLA is too brittle for every holder.
## What the community says

[a Reddit thread in r/3Dprinting](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1f3xfcs/): A comment says the part is PLA on a table.

Updated 2026-10-24. Sources accessed 2026-10-24. Use case: Outdoor.

## Ranked filaments

| Rank | Filament | Nozzle | Bed | Price per kg |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Bambu Lab PLA Basic | 190–230 °C (374–446 °F) | 35–45 °C (95–113 °F) | — |
| 2 | Polymaker Polylite PETG | 220–250 °C (428–482 °F) | 70–90 °C (158–194 °F) | — |
| 3 | Bambu Lab ASA | 235–260 °C (455–500 °F) | 90–110 °C (194–230 °F) | — |

## Sources

- [Bambu PLA Basic technical data sheet](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0584/7236/6216/files/Bambu_PLA_Basic_Technical_Data_Sheet_bf3411ce-be39-4db7-9669-1b4671d2196b.pdf?v=1734060943) (datasheet)
- [Open Filament Database, Polymaker PolyLite PETG](https://api.openfilamentdatabase.org/api/v1/brands/polymaker/materials/PETG/filaments/polylite_petg/index.json) (other)
- [Polymaker PolyLite PETG technical data sheet](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0548/7299/7945/files/PolyLite_PETG_TDS_EN_V5.4.pdf) (datasheet)
- [Open Filament Database, Bambu Lab ASA](https://api.openfilamentdatabase.org/api/v1/brands/bambu_lab/materials/ASA/filaments/asa/index.json) (other)
- [Bambu ASA technical data sheet](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0645/5876/0155/files/Bambu_ASA_Technical_Data_Sheet.pdf) (datasheet)
- [a Reddit thread in r/3Dprinting](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1e77tco/) (reddit)
- [a Reddit thread in r/3Dprinting](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1f3xfcs/) (reddit)
- [a Reddit thread in r/BambuLab](https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/107jzhk/) (reddit)
- [a Reddit thread in r/3Dprinting](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/wsy2cr/) (reddit)
- [a Reddit thread in r/3Dprinting](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/10eofn3/) (reddit)

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