"Greve and Perovic agreed that for consumers who are not constantly banging their bikes around on team vehicles and who are unlikely to be involved in crashes, the risks in buying a carbon bike made by a reputable company should be minimal."
Meanwhile, back in the real world of bicycling, consumers DO bang their bikes about loading onto not only cars but trains, buses, dragging up stairs, locking to posts, etc., etc. Contrast "... very costly throwaway items if they crash." with "...a bike you can grow old with....". Stories like this just make me appreciate my Atlantis even more. It's survived my mis-treatment as well as that of many shippers. Can you imagine how nervous one would be watching their carbon bike disappear into the depths of the Amtrak baggage car? dougP On Sunday, July 27, 2014 8:09:02 AM UTC-7, Anne Paulson wrote: > > As Technology Makes Bicycles Lighter and Faster, It’s the Cyclists Falling > Harder > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/sports/cycling/as-technology-makes-bicycles-lighter-and-faster-it8217s-the-cyclists-falling-harder.html?ref=sports&_r=0 > > “Anyone in a team who’s being honest with you will tell you how frequently > their bikes are breaking; everybody knows,” said Mark Greve, a physician > and assistant professor of sports medicine at Brown University who studied > injuries to 3,500 competitive cyclists. “Few people in the public > appreciate how many bikes a pro team will go through in a season, because > they break for one reason or another. The bikes, they completely explode.” > > (The link might be gated. Try Googling the headline to find a free source > if you hit a paywall.) > > > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
