Originally Posted by
myth001
I didn't go full-carbon for my first track frame, as I've heard of the little falls for a newbie like me that can damage the frame. I don't repent that decision. I'll ride this for a year or two, and then decide on how my upgrade-itch is faring.
Right decision, wrong reason.
Matthew Glaetzer is, in all likelihood, still using the frame he was riding in this keirin. Carbon track bikes aren't fragile. They're overbuilt. Most of them are heavier than many aluminum frames. On the track, carbon is for making an extremely stiff bike that is also aerodynamically sculpted.