Originally Posted by
hamster
As I wrote before, carbon fiber does not bend. It either bounces back or shatters. How easy is it to shatter a carbon road frame? Let's just say that it can be done by over-tightening the seat post clamp by hand...
And as I've written before, I'm sick and tired of those spreading anti-CF propaganda acting as though bending is a safe, acceptable mode of failure. It's not.
Overtightening the seatpost clamp is also a nice, traditional way of breaking a STEEL frame. Hey, it turns out out that the open end of a tube is the most vulnerable part of it. Stop the presses!