Originally Posted by DayGloDago

I agree with you- the quality of the tubing is often more important than the actual material.

The one thing I disagree with, is that carbon does not break easily. How many aluminum or steel frames have you seen broken in two from a crash? How many carbon frames have we seen do just that? And while I don't think that every carbon frame is going to break under normal usage, or in every crash....the fact is, that flaws and defects are much more common with carbon than with metal (and much more catastrophic), and should you happen to be among th percentile of people who get one of those frames with a hidden flaw....it's likely going to break.