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I guess one point is that carbon fails catastrophically more often, your metal links point to breaks where the bike still stayed in one piece. Yeah, they're not
by zurn 14y ago
I guess one point is that carbon fails catastrophically more often, your metal links
point to breaks where the bike still stayed in one piece. Yeah, they're not unheard of with metal bikes, but much more rare.
The injury quote was about her getting injured because the
carbon frame just fell apart with no warning (no crash,
except after the frame failure of course).
- 001sky 14y agoI guess one point is that carbon fails catastrophically more often - There are "scientific" reasons why these things break for no apparent reason. b/c carbon is prone to developing "flaws", not all of which are visible (to naked eye). These happen either through previous impact damage or fatigue cycles. - Carbon failure can cascade (snap...snap...snap...). Once the structure is compromised, the lack of sheer strength combined with different-from-design force vectors...are not good (a two-sided trianle = wishbone...) Look at how many carbon parts had multiple, complete failures. - A metal frame will dent or bend if damaged; it doesn't hide flaws nearly to the same extent. You might get a hairline crack, but unlikely 3-4 snapped cross-sections. -Obviously, getting hit by a truck or whatever doen't matter what you are riding.