Originally Posted by
Burton
Posts on these forums over the past couple years indicate BF members are very reluctant to buy a CF bike or CF parts used. Not because they're inherently bad - just because they're still percieved as 'fragile' and because there's no simple way to confirm their condition.
But posts on BF by people reluctant to buy CF isn't reflective of buyers in general. Many of those people won't ride anything other than steel, joke about Di2, swear by wool clothes, and think 36 spokes is the minimum wheels for everyone. Ask those same people what bikes they plan on buying next and they'll say nothing is as good as the classic steel. The people that actually do buy new get CF and don't think twice.