Originally Posted by
TransitBiker
Nothing to do with carbon. I think i was pretty clear in explaining how lightning is a risk regardless of bike material. You can get struck no matter where you are if that particular charge found your person to be a good path to ground. Geologic makeup can make a huge difference too. Most concrete roads & some sub-grade road foundations have steel rebar in them, and i feel that was probably the over-arcing factor in this case (no pun intended).
- Andy
Well, you skipped past my bit tongue in cheek part -
I think a little bit of it is tongue-in-cheek against the "carbon will assplode if you touch it" crowd though. With the absurd claims of carbon fiber being fragile made by the anti-anything-new crowd, it's kind of amusing to tell them an almost-as-absurd story about how you ride carbon because you want to be protected from lightning.
I am 100% confident that my carbon frame protects me from lightening better than my steel frame - by at least 0.0000001%. :-P