On Mar 6, 2010, at 10:22 AM, bfd wrote:
I know many here will disagree with me, but I'm tired of Grant's
constant carbon bashing. What he doesn't mention is that carbon frames
can be repaired. Craig Calfee repairs carbon fiber frames and does a
fantastic job.
Unfortunately many carbon repairs fall into the scenario of shutting
the barn doors after the horse is gone. Since the first inkling of a
carbon failure is often catastrophic, your frame or fork might be
repairable but you may be preoccupied with recovering from your
injuries when your steerer tube snapped or the head tube parted
company with the rest of the frame.
E.g., http://www.bustedcarbon.com/
Steel just does not fail in this manner unless you ignore obvious
warning signs for a very long time. You could run over a steel bike
wiith a cement mixer and it would fare better than many of the items
on that blog have fared in pretty normal accidents. Grant's pointing
out the problems with carbon doesn't strike me as desperate, it
strikes me as concerned about people's safety.
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