Originally Posted by
tjspiel
I would be quite happy to have a CF framed bike for winter use if I could have gotten it for the same price I paid for the aluminum frame.
Yeah, but where would you lock your new CF up, when you're at the downtown library, movies, or restaurant?
Would you lock it up between two beater bikes at the library's bike rack?
Would you lock it next to a parking meter?
Would you lock it next to a traffic or street sign?
You might very well pay a price for carbon that's on par with an aluminum price, but chances are, the care given would not be anywhere near equivalent.