Originally Posted by
rebel1916
But if you look at eBay auctions, most of the real world doesn't feel so strongly. As with most things CF, it might be more accurate to say that a strong, but very vocal, minority, is predicting doom.
You could be right - BF seems have have a number of people who are more opinionated than informed. Have two full CF bikes myself - one road and one off-road. Neither has given me any issues to date. Thing is - in actual practice - there isn't a huge difference between them and their aluminum or cromoly counterparts. Aside from being a little lighter and a lot more expensive that is.