Originally Posted by
hueyhoolihan
after years of riding steel and ti, i bought a carbon frame (very light!). it's okay, but my last two frame/fork purchases were aluminum/carbon. i more than happy with them.
(i can't get past feeling that i am riding a
fancy pinata when i'm on the carbon one
)
This may help. The entertaining
pinkbike carbon frame destructive testing video ended with slamming a carbon frame into the corner of a concrete tool stand. Woah!
But I've also seen a carbon frame crack from a low speed crash when the rider landed on the frame.
