Jem
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Post by Jem on Jul 15, 2016 15:20:33 GMT
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Post by cusqueno on Jul 15, 2016 20:40:26 GMT
Not one but three possible failure points.
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Post by sprockit on Jul 15, 2016 21:34:21 GMT
Perhaps the mega-glues are not quite what they're cracked up to be.
I was recently on a train with a cyclist with carbon frame and forks who noticed a crack running around the top of one of his fork legs. He had to ditch the fork.
I''m also aware of how carbon bike owners get very twitchy about sharing the bike storage areas on trains. It seems to me that carbon frames have amazing strength to weight ratios insofar as riding stresses are concerned, but lean a heavy steel bike against a carbon bike on, say, a train, and the frame and forks seem very fragile.
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Post by robt on Jul 15, 2016 21:44:35 GMT
Do any of the Engineers out there fancy estimating the useful life of the carbon fibre seatpost on one of these C/F folders after it has been put up and down a hundred times, scuffed a bit and then flexed under the mighty power of the Merchant Banker's dash to the station every morning? |
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Post by oldroadietehachapi on Jul 16, 2016 5:32:38 GMT
Check out Rivendell's fork wars "We demonstrate carbon fork failure in a different kind of way." www.rivbike.com/kb_results.asp?ID=110I think about this every time I ride one of my carbon bikes. Jim |
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