Originally Posted by Brian Ratliff

Mine blew up at about the 20-30k mile mark, so it might be just a matter of time. One thing unique to carbon is the number of glue bonds in the frame. A welded or brazed frame is basically a monolithic structure. A carbon frame is a bunch of pieces glued together. After this, anytime I see metals bonded to composites in a frame (something stiff -metal- bonded to something soft -carbon composite-), I will be skeptical about its ultimate longevity.