Originally Posted by
Eds0123
well, I did not expect such a drastic failure of the frame in two spots, broken at two spots where supposed to be strongest joint than the rest of the frame, we are talking about a $20,000 USD frame built to perform at TdF, what should I expect from a mass produced regular consumer grade, casual rider grade made in china thing?, a tacoed tire, a bent fork, broken fork, broken bottle cages, etc OK, just not that drastic of a failure, sorry guys, just Not a good
PR image for the manufacturer or the technology.
The frameset costs about $3800. A more pedestrian carbon frame will be heavier and more overbuilt as it won't be engineered to run as close to the margin between low weight and strength.
Any frame of any material can be damaged if enough force is applied.
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