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Old 02-01-13 | 07:14 AM
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Bikes: Fisher Opie freeride/urban assault MTB, Redline Monocog 29er MTB, Serrota T-Max Commuter, Klein Rascal SS, Salsa Campion Road bike, Pake Rum Runner FG/SS Road bike, Cannondale Synapse Road bike, Santana Arriva Road Tandem, and others....

Originally Posted by rebel1916
You could probably whack any non weight weenie carbon frames with a hammer no problem. Check this out.

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/santa-c...-test-lab.html
I want to really thank you for sharing that link Rebel! It was highly instructive to me, and even though I have quite a bit of experience with both carbon fiber construction and bicycle frame building, and the frame failed exactly as I expected it to, the failure occurred at a sustantially higher load than I would have ever guessed. The most impressive shot to me though was where the frame was slammed against the the concrete post, and I was certain that the third guy was going to destroy that frame for sure! I know none of my steel or aluminum frames could take anything like that abuse.
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