boy, looking at the seatpost photos have me thinking about my steel 29er... I'm using a carbon post because of setback and diameter. Very little out there in 31.8 with 35mm of setback. maybe one of those lugged Nittos with a shim would work?
On Mar 6, 11:06 am, newenglandbike <matthiasbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > This guy's fork blades sheared off from riding over a tree branch in > the road at ~8mph: > > http://www.bustedcarbon.com/2009/12/busted-bh.html > > On Mar 6, 1:13 pm, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > I agree with Tim. I like some of the carbon frames out there, but if I ever > > bought one, I'm pretty sure that I would upgrade the fork to steel. I know > > there could still be a catastrophic failure in the frame, but I would buy a > > conservative design, and it seems that you minimize risk with a steel steer > > tube and fork as opposed to a carbon steer tube and fork. > > > A lot of the things on bustedcarbon.com are from crashes. Are there many > > cases of carbon frames from reputable bike-makers where the head-tube > > "just" detached from the top and downtubes without there being an external > > impact? > > > I think Rivendell's steel forks are a good thing. There is nothing negative > > or manipulative in Rivendell's "anti-carbon" statements. It's based on > > genuine concerns for safety and longevity. Grant's statements on record are > > consistent with this, going all the way back to early Readers' Progress > > Report journals when Grant would talk about safety as a primary concern. > > And he would often talk about safe frames in general, not just the carbon > > issue. He's been genuinely devoted to this design philosophy. It's not > > necessarily a negative thing to bash a material. Materials don't deserve > > benefit of the doubt, while people often do. > > > -Jim W. > > > -----Original Message----- > > >From: Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> > > >Sent: Mar 6, 2010 12:41 PM > > >To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > >Subject: [RBW] Re: Carboon Bashing- was: Riv resurrecting and selling > > >crashed frames > > > >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. > > > >-- > > >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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > >For more options, visit this group > > >athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text > > >- > > - Show quoted text - -- 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-bu...@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.
