Ok but do carbon forks flex like a golf club?Carbon is far better than metal at coping with fatigue. At least it is, advertising to the pages I've read this evening.
I've had a number of steel golf shafts break through use (and a couple for other reasons), but no carbon ones, and they go through some pretty violent stresses......
What have you bought today?
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They shouldn't
My point is that carbon per se is better than steel, aluminium et al wrt fatigue.
Any weakness is probably down to design, joins, but not because "it's carbon" in itself.
According to what I've been reading about carbon forks failure I think it might be the cheap chinese brands made toThey shouldn't
My point is that carbon per se is better than steel, aluminium et al wrt fatigue.
Any weakness is probably down to design, joins, but not because "it's carbon" in itself.
a price that are the main problem. The thing is with steel or alloy you are more likely to see some warning signs first, like
a crack or a split, with carbon it's usually a sudden failure, no warning (so I've heard) anyway.
Steel tends to fail gradually (under bike - type loads anyway), but aluminium failure can be a lot more sudden and "snappy"
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Two packets of muffins from the Co-op. £1.10 a packet or two packets for £1.20. No brainer.
Two packets of muffins from the Co-op. £1.10 a packet or two packets for £1.20. No brainer.
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did you get the bacon and eggs to go with them?
Unfortunately no. As I said to Mrs Mottie, there’s two things missing from these muffins. Egg and Mc.
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I bought a carbon road bike but could not live with the stiff frame and discomfort of a day ride on it compared to steel .I've had a look (you've piqued my curiosity) and, in the words of Captain Redbeard Rum,
"Opinions differ on the subject"
Provided it isn't crashed, stamped on, or hit with a hammer, carbon is stronger and better at absorbing repeated stresses than metal frames.
Basically, it'll outlast me as a rider, or my resistance to buying a new one
From my understanding, the stiffness is more to do with the weave and shaping of the elements of a carbon frame, and tube sizes and thicknesses, than it is just "because it is carbon".
(Same goes for metal frames, with regard to tube sizes and thicknesses).
Like a carbon fishing rod can be made to be flexible or mega-stiff; same as a golf club shaft.
I agree though, in that steel is traditionally seen as being very supple, and comfortable for use in a bike frame.
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Yorkshire Haloumi cheese made by Syrian refugees, yum yum
16 st, 8 tomorrow?Two packets of muffins from the Co-op. £1.10 a packet or two packets for £1.20. No brainer.
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Nah he will work it off covering up his misdemeanours from the wife
Some sintered brake pads, and a brake bleed kit.
And six bottles of St Peter's Without.
And six bottles of St Peter's Without.
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