Originally Posted by
Pop N Wood
Your post raises a pretty good point. Damage like that is pretty easy to spot, and like you said can be simple to fix. More importantly, at least to me, is the rider probably had ample warning something was going to fail.
Carbon doesn't seem to have an easy way to detect pending failures. I also have questions how gracefully it will be when it does.
A limited lifetime isn't really a big issue as long as one knows when the frame needs to be retired. How does one know that with a carbon part?
Unfortunately fixing Ti cracks is much more difficult and expensive compared to ones in steel. My friend cracked his Ti bike from direct hit at high speed. He could not find anybody capable of repairing the frame for reasonable money.
Last edited by tankist; 07-23-23 at 04:07 PM.