Doubt that material has much to do with severity of injury / crash propensity. Too many other variables. Recently I saw a guy pulled over, sitting next to his bike. I stopped to see if he needed help. Problem was his carbon stem had snapped. The bike was un-ridable but he hadn't crashed & wasn't hurt. I can't imagine how he maintained control to stop. The other side of he coin is an incident years ago (in the age before carbon). A friend dis-located a shoulder & misc related damage when the aluminum handlebars on his steel framed bike broke off cleanly at the stem. He was just standing up on a modest climb, no severe jolt, pothole or other input. Go figure.
dougP On Mar 22, 6:12 pm, Brad Gantt <brdg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the sensations you describe are subjective so it doesn't make > too much sense to argue there. The steepness of the bicycle's head > tube, seat height, TT length, body positioning, BB height, fork rake, > tire choice (including inflation) as well as stem length and hand/bar > position will have profoundly more effect in the situation described > than will material. Of course, I'm not an engineer. :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
