Originally Posted by
tjspiel
Your knock against CF was that it needed to be coddled. My response to that is that in the conditions my winter bikes are exposed to, steel actually requires more coddling than CF. That's why I don't use a steel bike in the winter. I don't use a CF bike in the winter because they're too expensive.
So why not use a CF bicycle in the winter?...What's the expense-related problem?
There ARE things I would avoid doing with a CF bike that I wouldn't be as concerned about with other frame materials, but depending on your commute those situations may or may not apply.
Are those things related to coddling?...Just think about it....