Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
Because that's cheap to make and sells at a decent price point. Also,
down hill bikes don't benefit from light weight the way
up hill ones do.
Asking why some people don't have faith in something is kind of silly ... look at how many people are afraid of flying, and how much safer flying is than driving.
You've completely missed the purpose of the "why" here.
And:
Since when is it "silly" to ask why people might be ambivalent about CF, given its awful history?
BTW - It was the bicycle industry itself that came up with the terminology, "Catastrophic Failure". Trek was one of the main companies using that phrase as a disclaimer on their CF website.
- Slim
PS.
What latent reason do you harbor for being so harsh, Sir?