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Was the frame damaged before? I have ridden 4k miles on my carbon road bike and I've never felt like it was going to fall apart. I ride road/street almost excl

• vel0city 3y ago
  Carbon fiber frames can be challenging to see the cracks and damages to it before it spectacularly fails. There's a good chance you won't know it is about to break until it shatters.
• cameronh90 3y ago
  Nope. As far as he knew it was in complete working order with no suggestion it was about to fail catastrophically until he woke up on the floor.
• int_19h 3y ago
  Any material under stress gets fatigued. The problem with carbon fiber specifically is that there are practically no visible signs of it reaching the threshold.
  • bumby 3y ago
    Some materials (steel and titanium being the most common) have infinite fatigue limits. They can be designed to not get fatigued.