Originally Posted by whitemax
So, does anybody feel like the nano technology provides more of a safety factor. That coupled with the lighter weight may be the deciding factor for me.
I rode the Easton EC 90 SL CNT (their moniker for Carbon Nanotechnology), and yes, the carbon nanotube filler material that should provide *some* structural benefit, but I've seen CNT bars fail catastrophically, just like any other Carbon part (brittle). I'm least (and most?) impressed with the fork dropouts, which are all carbon but make them susceptible to user mistake more than bonded Al dropouts (your Reynolds Ouzo Pro?). I cracked some Carbon dropouts on an Easton EC 90 SL fork from last year in a small garage mishap, when the bike was sitting in my roof rack. Sad day.
And yet, I think I like the idea of that as filler than the clay that some mfgs use. I would imagine the Easton stuff being lower "void" that a lot of Carbon stuff on the market right now. And they are arguably the best with Carbon in many ways.
But I did get some good km on the fork, and I honestly didn't notice a bit of damn difference between that one and my new Ouzo Pro.