Dang, that's a bad crack. Hey, we have the same year and color Trek Fuel
Ex.
I have a Niner Sir9 which hasn't shown a crack but the frames have been
known to develop issues in the seat stays near the seat tube. I keep an eye
on it. Hopefully if it ever does crack, bend, or otherwise show
Somewhat germane to this topic, I recently discovered that my steel Niner
mtb frame was nearly cracked through at head tube, while the generic
Chinese carbon fork was fine.
https://bikingtoplay.blogspot.com/2018/07/rip-ros.html?m=1
Though to the frame’s credit, I did find the crack before the
What about a carbon fiber frame with a steel fork? You'd shore up the part
that arguably has the highest consequence were it to fail, but you could
still have all the manufacturing flexibility one gets with carbon fiber,
i.e., making frames in strange shapes and so forth.
Not to say I'd buy one,
Well another anecdote, but a guy I know was cresting on a big climb (up
Coleman Valley here in the SF Bay Area) and his carbon fork fell apart.
Needless to say, his ride was ruined, but if the fork failed on the steep
descent a few meters ahead, then his life might have been ruined.
Needless to
And let's not even talk about the inspections. Do you even know anyone
who does inspections of carbon fiber bicycles?
On 07/25/2018 03:51 PM, Joe Bernard wrote:
Man that's a depressing article. CF works if it's used exactly correctly to
demanding standards, as seen in jet airliners and
Man that's a depressing article. CF works if it's used exactly correctly to
demanding standards, as seen in jet airliners and Formula One cars. Which is
not even remotely how it's handled in most mass production bicycles.
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Given our perspectives on steel, carbon fiber, and bicycles, I thought this
was a relevant article to share here:
https://www.outsideonline.com/2311816/carbon-fiber-bike-accidents-lawsuits
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