Originally Posted by khutch

My LBS owner is concerned about the durability of carbon and he says many of the other shop owners he knows are as well. He is afraid that carbon frames are going to be a big problem for the industry as they age because, according to him, they are starting to see a high failure rate in older frames. He will still gladly sell you a carbon bike though, or one with a carbon fork as he did to me. I don't suppose he has a choice in the matter since that is where the demand is and especially so for the high end, semi custom bikes that are his main business. All his new personal bikes are Ti though and if I ever did decide to have a custom bike built I'd go that way too. For now aluminum and steel are fine for me.

Ken