View Poll Results: What Frame do you Race?
Steel
9
9.89%
Aluminum
41
45.05%
Ti
6
6.59%
Cheap Carbon that I don't care if I crash
1
1.10%
Expensive Carbon and I do all types of races on it
29
31.87%
Expensive carbon but only for longer races (not crits)
3
3.30%
I own an expensive carbon bike but I don't race it
2
2.20%
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Poll: Race Frame Materials and Do you Race Your Fancy Carbon Bikes?
06-21-07, 08:53 AM
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Poll: Race Frame Materials and Do you Race Your Fancy Carbon Bikes?
In light of the Pinarello tragedy, I thought this would be interesting....
06-21-07, 08:55 AM
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I race whatever I have now but I always go back and forth with what I would do if I had an awesome bike I wouldnt want to see damaged.
06-21-07, 08:57 AM
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Run what ya brung. While we make emotional attachments to our rigs because we take pride in them its still just a bicycle.
06-21-07, 08:59 AM
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I have an alu frame with carbon fork and an all-carbon... I race the all-carbon. Why not? The bike is the LEAST of my worries.
06-21-07, 09:07 AM
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I race on aluminum. My race bike is also 2 pounds lighter than my carbon bike, feels more "crisp" and and feels "faster".
I like both bikes equally for different reasons.
I like both bikes equally for different reasons.
06-21-07, 09:07 AM
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Fuji Team SL and Team Pro. Race both of them. I was offered a carbon frame this year but turned it down for those very reasons.
06-21-07, 09:09 AM
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Yes, see sig...
06-21-07, 09:10 AM
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Even after the Pinarello tragedy, I'm going to get it fixed and keep right on racing it as soon as it comes back from the repair shop.
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Originally Posted by DrPete
Even after the Pinarello tragedy, I'm going to get it fixed and keep right on racing it as soon as it comes back from the repair shop.
06-21-07, 09:15 AM
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Yeah, good for you, Pete. Keep on trucking.
I ride a cheapo-bike, and I race said cheapo bike. I wouldn't buy a bike I couldn't afford to replace.
I ride a cheapo-bike, and I race said cheapo bike. I wouldn't buy a bike I couldn't afford to replace.
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06-21-07, 09:16 AM
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i race steel but only because thats all ive ever had.
06-21-07, 09:19 AM
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Currently I race on a CAAD8 al frame, soon I will be adding a very high end carbon frame to the stable.
06-21-07, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
Currently I race on a CAAD8 al frame, soon I will be adding a very high end carbon frame to the stable.
06-21-07, 09:38 AM
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I race on an R3 with Zipp 303s, train on the R3 but use my campy scirrocos or velomax orion IIs. I say race your good stuff. If you cant afford to replace it, IMO, financial common sense says you shouldnt own it anyway.
06-21-07, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by botto
Where's the mid range carbon option for those of us who have Giants/Treks/Orbeas/Specialized/Cannondales... ?
06-21-07, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by MDcatV
I race on an R3 with Zipp 303s, train on the R3 but use my campy scirrocos or velomax orion IIs. I say race your good stuff. If you cant afford to replace it, IMO, financial common sense says you shouldnt own it anyway.
06-21-07, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by botto
Where's the mid range carbon option for those of us who have Giants/Treks/Orbeas/Specialized/Cannondales... ?
Originally Posted by Ghostman
Let's deem that to be expensive and cheap is the BikesDirect kind of stuff....
