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Fibres out of three different elastic and transparent copolymer materials were successfully produced and tested. Moreover, the influence of the diameter on the sensing properties was studied. The detectable force ranges from 0.05 N to 40 N (applied on 3 cm of fibre length), which can be regulated with the material and the diameter of the fibre. The detected  signal loss varied from 0.6% to 78.3%. The fibres have attenuation parameters between  0.16\u20130.25 dB\/cm at 652 nm. We show that the cross-sensitivies to temperature, strain and bends are low. 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