^ It's true. Carbon will aslpode on ya, every time. It's because they stick itty bitty little bombs in the tubing before it leaves the factory. You can actually have safe carbon bike parts, you just need to pull the asplosives out before you ride them.

I destroyed an aluminum frame in a minor crash, and a steel frame when I got hit by a car. If I hadn't noticed the damage in either case and kept riding the bikes, I could be telling people how steel just failed mysteriously on me, out of the blue for no reason whatsoever.