On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:21 AM, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote:
> Watching carbon bikes explode has me sworn off > ever riding one. Can anyone post links to footage or photos? I'd love to see such a crash in slow motion, splinters lazily turning through the air. Of course, if a Riv were in a crash hard enough to splinter a Madone, it would get pretty beat up itself, no? I've had two accidents on my 2 remaining custom Rivs: one, '99 Joe gofast, I hit a curb (slowly) in twilight and had to get a new fork. No damage to frame. In fact, I rode the bike home that evening; high trail! T'other: a right turning car knocked me down as we were both starting up as the light turned green. Some damage to me but none to the bike. I am serious about wanting to see photos of broken carbon, btw. And this raises a question about carbon fiber: I suppose that part of the problem is stupid light cf, not cf per se, right? So, if you made a bike of cf that isn't stupidly light, would it have any advantage over steel? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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-bunch@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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
