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Carbon MTBs are pretty strong. Just don't clamp the frame so much you are crushing it and avoid direct rock hits, which will damage any material anyway.
by thefz 3y ago
Carbon MTBs are pretty strong. Just don't clamp the frame so much you are crushing it and avoid direct rock hits, which will damage any material anyway.
- jackmott42 3y agoThere used to be a video on youtube of a carbon mountain bike fork, and they were SMASHING it with a ball peen hammer, repeatedly. It did do a little damage but remained rideable, and was in much better shape than the metal forks they smashed.
- a_f 3y agoThere is also this video from Santa Cruz: https://youtu.be/w5eMMf11uhM?t=148 https://youtu.be/w5eMMf11uhM?t=148 where they test the fork and frame I am also remind of the Danny M video of the carbon wheels test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfjjiHGuHoc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfjjiHGuHoc
- rokkitmensch 3y ago> avoid direct rock hits Given that I mostly ride my local volcano, this may not be a practical constraint for me.
- thefz 3y agoI mean crashing it into hard objects, pebbles against the frame are ok.