Originally Posted by
erig007
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The fatigue life for carbon fiber isn't infinite but roughly just higher. (depends on which one though)
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Note the curve trend and the fact that the horizontal axis is logarithmic. At 50% stress and a hundred thousand cycles, all the metal frames have failed. The trend of the carbon fiber at 50% stress is probably failure at 10^20 or so cycles. That's an effectively infinite lifetime.