One for Mr Green & Grahame

[Sylv]

Can you guess what it is yet?


http://www.bustedcarbon.com/

[-Adam-]

I could contribute to that blog!

[Andrew G]

[Roy Green]

Always thought I was on the right lines with my 531 tubing Condor; and steel compounds have advanced a lot. I hear the way to go (if cash situ is OK) is Titanium. How are you getting on with yours, Amy?
Roy (other )

[George]

fantastic i was needing some photos of my busted carbon frame and wheels for a claim up

[Marky Mark]

Oh sh1t, that is on my mind when I go flying down hill at silly speeds!!

Skin

[Sylv]

[quote="George"]fantastic i was needing some photos of my busted carbon frame and wheels for a claim up

[-Adam-]

Marky Mark, carbon ain't just gonna snap. All those pics are as the result of human error crashes, or in the case of the bars/stems, probably because they have been crashed before and not replaced.

Most pro's won't touch carbon bars/stems for that very reason, nor will I, but more because I can't afford them anyway! Apart from which, they are often no lighter than alu anyway.

[quote="-Adam-"] carbon ain't just gonna snap.

[-Adam-]

Don't forget Chloe, I have been hit by cars more often, and am only too aware of what damage can be done.

What I meant was that carbon is not going to snap on its own, without the divine intervention of a car or otherwise.

So name the stakes. It is entirely possible to crash a carbon frame, bar, stem etc without it visibly being damaged. That is not to say that it is not damaged however, and from then on in who's to say it's not going to fail at some point? Frames tend to survive as they're often not subject to direct impact, but bars and stems take a lot of the brunt in crashes, so continuing to use carbon bars and stems after crashing them is pretty stupid. Get my drift?

[Wal]

I've put over a thousand miles on my carbon Fuji Team Issue since I DIY repaired the seatstay (vehicular intervention cracked it through about 3" up from the dropout) and it seems to be holding up well.

[-Adam-]

Rather you than me.

[Sylv]

[quote="Roy Green"] I hear the way to go (if cash situ is OK) is Titanium.

[Wal]

[quote]Rather you than me.

[quote="Sylv"][quote="Roy Green"] I hear the way to go (if cash situ is OK) is Titanium.