Carbon, got nagging doubts, should I have?

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Salty seadog

Space Cadet...(3rd Class...)
Hi all,
I've had a Whyte Montpellier sports hybrid on order for a couple of months now, due date should be in the next couple of weeks or so but I just have nagging doubts about putting all that cash (£1500) into a frame that I hear stories of it only taking the wrong sort of slight knock and you've done your money.
Logic dictates that it cannot be as bad as that or there would be heaps of carbon frames going to landfill but I just cannot rid myself of these doubts.

Please share your knowledge and experiences, what has happened if you've taken a tumble?

Many thanks,

ssd
 

screenman

Squire
Stop worrying, if you did knock it hard they are repairable in lots of cases.

If it is good enough for F1
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
You are worrying over nothing. Carbon is way stronger then you can imagine.
Think pro-peleton bikes and to a higher extreme F1 cars and airliners.

My carbon jobbie I have had a couple of offs, I've ridden into a back of a stationary car (don't ask), it's been checked over by my lbs and not even a scratch.
 
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Salty seadog

Salty seadog

Space Cadet...(3rd Class...)
@ianrauk, I understand the strength of the material but only in the direction as dictated by the weave, I'm led to believe it can be quite fragile if hit "the wrong way" as it were.

Also I am told that not all damage is external and a failure can be being built up on the inside of the frame detectable only by x ray.
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
@ianrauk, I understand the strength of the material but only in the direction as dictated by the weave, I'm led to believe it can be quite fragile if hit "the wrong way" as it were.

Also I am told that not all damage is external and a failure can be being built up on the inside of the frame detectable only by x ray.


As I said, and others. You are worrying over nothing.
I have damaged and Alu bike easier then a carbon one.
 

400bhp

Guru
Stop stressing.

That's what he's worried about.
 

400bhp

Guru
@ianrauk, I understand the strength of the material but only in the direction as dictated by the weave, I'm led to believe it can be quite fragile if hit "the wrong way" as it were.

Also I am told that not all damage is external and a failure can be being built up on the inside of the frame detectable only by x ray.

Yes it can.

Buy a bike out of another material because I believe you've already made up your mind.
 

Cycling Dan

Cycle Crazy
You are worrying over nothing. Carbon is way stronger then you can imagine.
Think pro-peleton bikes and to a higher extreme F1 cars and airliners.

My carbon jobbie I have had a couple of offs, I've ridden into a back of a stationary car (don't ask), it's been checked over by my lbs and not even a scratch.
Correction- Aluminum
 
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