daven1986

Hi,

I had always been against carbon for commuting, then thought "hey, I have a carbon fork and seat post - why have those and be against having a carbon frame?" So I was wondering how long you guys have had your carbon bikes and in what conditions you ride them?

I'm a year round commuter, but have a fixed gear for winter. I'm trying to choose between carbon and titatnium. If I went with titanium then I'd keep it for ages, but with carbon I'd probably change again after a number of years. I always get upgrade-itis so with either material I'd probably upgrade at some point anyway!

Thanks

Daven

Perp

carbon bike 1: just under 2 years
carbon bike 2: just over 2 months

Mostly ride in nice weather, but have been caught in a couple rain showers. No snow, use my cross bike or mtb in winter outdoors. I generally clean the carbon bikes bi-weekly

IANative

14.5 hours

ThinLine

2007 Tomasso Aggr. full CF has approx. 3000 miles on it.
2010 Pedal Force RS2 full SRAM Force, Duar ace wheels. 25 miles or so.

My 5 others are not carbon anything xcpt for the h2o cage.

bitingduck

11 years, all conditions. Snow and ice are infrequent, though it's been in those on some tours in the mountains. It's been up and down plenty of dirt roads and fire roads. Pretty much everything has been replaced at least once except frame and fork, handlebars, seatpost, and front derailleur.

haaseg

7 Months... 2500 miles. Been the in the rain a few times - that's it.

bikerjp

-2 months. Hoping to get one end of year-ish.

rpeterson

I've put about 12,000 miles on my current carbon bike, ride it in everything including snow.

daven1986

Thanks for all the replies, posts like these make me seriously consider a nice carbon bike! Only had my alu/carbon fork one for 3 years, I have put probably around 6k miles on it, not going to get rid of it but might swap it out...

Daven

BikeWNC

I've had my Ti bike since 2004, a carbon bike since Feb 2007, a Roubaix since June 2009, and the newest Tarmac since Thursday. I'm listing the Ti and Roubaix on ebay this week. Can't ride them all!

jrobe

Cervelo Carbon frame - 5 years, 30,000 miles, looks like new

tntyz

Three seasons. I have ridden in the rain, but don't like to ride in snow or ice. Though I've been out a few times with temps around 10 F.

Looigi

Wife's Trek 5200 is 12 years old. It's her backup/rain bike.

Beau210

About six months. Put about 1500miles on it. Mostly good weather.

remotelocal

10 months, tcr advanced. ride 6-7 days a week (commute to work, and training/fitness rides) pretty much regardless of weather. its the only bike i have so it does eveything. and does it well! i also don't worry about it as much as i did with my steel bikes.

Trsnrtr

My wife rode a 1990 carbon three tube Trek 2300 for 12 years and has ridden a 2002 Trek 5200 for the last 9. She rides about 3,000 miles per year.

I, on the other hand, broke a 2004 Specialized Roubaix Pro last Summer. It was warrantied.

hhnngg1

4 years. It's like brand new, even having ridden it a lot during for 3 of those years.

I actually preferred my cheap alu bike for commuting, as I could lock it outside - I'd never do that with a Cervelo carbon bike!