While perusing the web, I came across a blog that featured photos like this one:
There hasn't been a new post on "Busted Carbon" in nearly two years. However, its author found enough material to keep it going for three years.
Here's another choice shot:
Imagine going more than 70 KPH and, suddenly, your bike's frame splits behind the head tube. Your handlebars and wheels fly out from under you.
No mention was made of what happened to that bike's rider. I hope he or she fared better than this one:
In previous posts, I mentioned that I resisted the "tri-spoke" wheel fad of about two decades ago. Although I tried a set and liked the ride (for fast rides, anyway), I didn't buy a set after seeing one fail like this:
One of the few carbon-fiber components I've ever owned was a pair of mountain bike handlebars I--in one of my more misguided moments--installed on my Jamis Dakota. I don't remember what brand the bars were. But I distinctly recall how they failed when I jumped a creek in Vermont because they ended up like this:
Those strands are as sharp and jagged as shards of broken glass. After my bars failed that way, I was so glad that I never had a carbon fiber seat post!
There hasn't been a new post on "Busted Carbon" in nearly two years. However, its author found enough material to keep it going for three years.
Here's another choice shot:
Imagine going more than 70 KPH and, suddenly, your bike's frame splits behind the head tube. Your handlebars and wheels fly out from under you.
No mention was made of what happened to that bike's rider. I hope he or she fared better than this one:
In previous posts, I mentioned that I resisted the "tri-spoke" wheel fad of about two decades ago. Although I tried a set and liked the ride (for fast rides, anyway), I didn't buy a set after seeing one fail like this:
One of the few carbon-fiber components I've ever owned was a pair of mountain bike handlebars I--in one of my more misguided moments--installed on my Jamis Dakota. I don't remember what brand the bars were. But I distinctly recall how they failed when I jumped a creek in Vermont because they ended up like this:
Those strands are as sharp and jagged as shards of broken glass. After my bars failed that way, I was so glad that I never had a carbon fiber seat post!
