Originally Posted by
avidcyclist83
I know this thread has been posted hundreds of times, but in this instance the situation is reversed. The carbon bike I am looking at is cheaper, but weights more (maybe a pound or so). Is the carbon a better material even if the weight is not in its favor? I ask because it seems carbon can be quite fragile in crashes, humidity, and so on. If you had the option of carbon or alloy and the were pretty much the same cost, but the carbon weighed a little more which would you prefer and why?
Carbon is not more fragile. The problem is that when carbon fails, it fails spectacularly and catastrophically, compared to metal frames.
But regardless, you'd generally have to have quite an accident to be a candidate for
http://www.bustedcarbon.com/.