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03-09-11 | 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by 531phile

But this is the thing though. Who is going to risk their life riding a 30 year old carbon fiber framed bike? There maybe collectors, but it will be posted to a wall instead of riding. This is what I'm trying to say. C&V folks collect AND ride their steel/aluminum bikes, but I don't think they will do this with vintage carbon and since the majority of highend bikes now are made of carbon, I don't think there will be as big of C&V crowd as there is now.

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I think the jury is out about carbon bike longevity and durability. Will they REALLY stand up, or will long-term exposure to UV and atmospheric contaminants kill them dead? It's really hard even for the engineers to know for sure.

And if only a few protected "wall queens" survive, those will be collectibles to the riders who could not afford them when the bikes were new and the riders were kids.

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