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cyclebeatz

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One forum posting about the power of carbon I've found here:

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I am looking for some advice having recently bought a full carbon road bike and damaging it. I paid £800 for a bike previously on sale for £1300 and was recommended to buy a full carbon frame over some of the others I was looking at. I took the advise which at the time didn't mention anything about the strength of the frame and was hooked after my first 24 mile ride.

I went to get the bike out of my garage 3 days after buying the bike and knocked it over in my carpeted garage. Unfortunately the bike fell onto my plastic lawn mower and damaged the frame, whilst still rideable the carbon is damaged and feels soft to touch. I took it back to the shop, explained about what had happen stating that whilst it was my fault I couldn't believe it would break the frame by simply falling over! They have called me back having spoken to the uk distributor who said that they would sell me a full frame set for £300 + vat.... Does this sound reasonable and do you agree that such a small fall should break the frame?

I hoped that the company would be a bit more customer focused and understanding rather than asking me to pay another 360... Appreciate your thoughts.
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This has also make me worried about.. I mean thats hardcore
if teh frame has only hit a plastic lawn mover without a crash and got broken
 
Citius

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There's usually two sides two a story. You only seem interested in one. All I would say is that there are inevitably going to be horror stories about every frame material, including carbon. But considering the many millions of CF bikes there must be in use worldwide, I would suggest that a handful of one-sided YT clips doesn't really make for a convincing case.
 
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cyclebeatz

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I has read just so many horror stories about people cycling very fast downhill, hit a little stone and then
the carbon bike has explode and they was in hospital. It just look to me very fragile if I read all these stories.
It seems to be that carbon is from all frame materials the one who cracks faster then alloy or steel.

I planing to make a big tour over several countrys and dont want have a situtation like, I go downhill,
hit a little stone or a little hole and then the carbon wheels cracks or explode. Imagine this on full speed...
Then the broken carbon and the lost money in the last thing you would be worried about
 
Citius

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cyclebeatz said:
I has read just so many horror stories about people cycling very fast downhill, hit a little stone and then the carbon bike has explode and they was in hospital.
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Yeah, that's always happening. How many stories like that have you actually come across?
 
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cyclebeatz

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Not many but the ones who had these kind of crashes was all carbon.
I has not found any for alloy or steel or something.
 
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cyclebeatz

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If there is a difference in strengh about CF, then what is the strongest atm on the market?
Frame / Wheels? If I grab one carbon then I really dont want some crashes to "see" if the
carbon is strong enough for a little impact or if its crack in half after cycling over a little rock
or like one guy here in the forum has written, cracks the frame after it has fallen on a plastic mower
 
Citius

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cyclebeatz said:
If there is a difference in strengh about CF, then what is the strongest atm on the market?
Frame / Wheels? If I grab one carbon then I really dont want some crashes to "see" if the
carbon is strong enough for a little impact or if its crack in half after cycling over a little rock
or like one guy here in the forum has written, cracks the frame after it has fallen on a plastic mower
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In terms of strength to weight, pretty much nothing beats carbon fibre. But you don't want to know that..
 
winjim

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Does anyone know the environmental impact of steel / Al / Ti / CF? Can CF be recycled? Part of the reason I have metal framed bikes is my perception that they can be recycled at the end of their life whereas CF is probably landfill.
 
Cyclist33

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Citius said:
I bent a steel frame many years ago, after a finish line crash, which also broke my collarbone. The collarbone repaired itself free of charge (with some NHS input), and my frame builder simply replaced the down tube and the bike was good to go again. If a carbon frame breaks like that, it's generally the end of the line. That's progress.
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That was on your scooter I'm guessing.
 
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