Thread: It's cracked.
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Old 07-31-09, 06:20 PM
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Carbon fiber is a very strong material but it's tensile strength is directional, meaning it's very strong along the carbon axis, like 10 times of alloy. But that strength is not uniform. That's why you see carbon forks get sheared in half rather easily sometimes. I suspect that you were unlucky with the chainstay, the force applied by UPS mishandling happened just so, it cracked the frame. Just my guess.
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