Prairie Native

Anyone fear for their bike after hitting a pothole at high speed? Im not sure what to check. I have a carbon orca; yesterday coming home from a ride it was dark and I buried my front tire in a pothole going 30ish. Felt like I could have broken something I hit so hard. Im going to get a junker bike to train/use as a rain bike but im afraid I could have damaged this one already....

AngryScientist 

is the wheel still true and round? dent a rim?

check that the stem is still tight and the headset is still tensioned properly. if you have an all carbon fork, you may check the steerer tube just to be safe - check for cracks that is.

other than a close inspection of the frame itself for any visible cracking, there's not much more you can do.

coasting 

i did it once. full speed, not even braking a bit. i didn't see it and just felt it. whack! oh boy.

my wheels went out of true.

Terex

Inspect carefully. As for me, I'd change out the tubes, and double check tire by removing and turning inside out to look for cord damage. I apparently hit a small, sharp pothole on my last ride of the summer in early June. Double snake bite in my front wheel, resulting in a flat a little further down the road and a crash. Glad to hear that you didn't hit the deck.

I_Like_Bike

Look it over, but I think it should be fine.

ahsposo 

No flat? Wheel's OK? You're OK?

If the answer to these three questions is yes you didn't hit it hard enough. Try again.

Palomar01

It’s amazing what these bikes can withstand but being a carbon frame, I would thoroughly check it over. Maybe have a LBS do the checking.

Definitely check the wheels for trueness.

The other day I had to jump off a fairly tall curb due to construction. I came around a corner at speed and the cones detoured me into a sidewalk then there was a hole the size of the whole sidewalk and I had no place to go but off the curb and onto the roadway. The whole bike just hit the ground with both wheels hitting asphalt at the same time. It threw my rear wheel slightly out of true but the front was intact and no frame issues. But I have an aluminum/carbon frame.

moose8

I've hit a pothole before where it dented my rim almost under the tire bead, so you couldn't really see much of a dent until taking the tire off, and then there was a sizeable one, if that makes any sense.