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Old 04-19-09 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by AEO
in a crash, especially with another mobile or immobile object, frame material has absolutely nothing to do with it's survivability.
I disagree with this. There are plenty of instances where carbon fiber frames get trashed in that a metal frame would survive. There are some carbon fiber frames that hold up very, very well and aluminum frames that hold up very, very poorly, but I believe that this is the general case.
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