+1

It isn't the carbon fiber, it is the bikes they make out of it. So long as you are certain that you will be comfortable riding this bike, and you don't nick it, stone chip from passing truck kind of thing. The carbon should be fine. They make helicopter blades out of that stuff. Unfortunately they make disposable race frames out of it too.

There is a lot to be said for riding what everyone else is riding. Same gear, same results, different gear, different results and a pack of people who just don't care after the first 10 explanations. What is everyone else riding. It this supported because the cyclists are marginal, hedonists, or racers? Do you already own the carbon bike?