Originally Posted by
truman
Incidentally, the position that "carbon fails catastrophically' whiffs a bit of dogma. I've broken 3 carbon parts in my riding days (handlebar, stem and seatpost), and they all failed with a crack and a whimper, rather than sudden snap and a face plant.
People throw that phrase around w/ intimations of blood and guts, but it just means that it done broke, it does not work and cannot be repaired.
If your wheel goes out of true but you can still widen your brake arms to let it spin until you true it later, that's a failure but not catastrophic.