On 07/27/2014 04:58 PM, Garth wrote:
Oh .... idk . .. . I really wonder how many die hard steel enthusiasts would own a carbon(or some future iteration of it) frame if they could get it the exact same dimensions as their fav steel version. With all the mounting points, etc.
Don't count on it. When BQ tested their first Calfee the question was raised about rack mounts, and Calfee provided a response in a side bar: if a bike falls over with a load on a rack, it puts an off-angle stress on the rack and mounting points. Carbon frames when subjected to that kind of stress tend to split, like a cane of bamboo. (In fact, I know two people in the local bike club who had carbon frames with downtubes that split when the bikes fell over with full water bottles.) So Calfee says mount a rack with a P-clamp, so that when the bike falls over the rack will shift rather than split the tube.
There's another issue as well: the economics of molded carbon (1st copy costs a million bucks, 2nd copy costs 10 cents) vs metal, where 1st, 2nd and nth copy cost the same. Those Riv-style bikes just aren't as popular these days as road racers, and the economics of low volume production with carbon are punishing compared with metals.
I suspect many would own at least one such bike, if not already. And please, do not say "such a frame doesn't exist" , it may not exist here and now, but just because it is not seen before the eyes, does not mean it does not and will not exist .
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