Will carbon be too light?

[Judderz]

I'm a hefferlump.

Agreed

 

[jonny jeez]

I'm toying with the idea of buying a carbon framed road bike. I want to spend around £1500,but this one...at under a grand looks appealing(any thoughts?)

but that's just the cost of the frame right?

 

[fossyant]

The bike will be fine. Just don't go up in the hills when its very windy with deep section wheels.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Could equally well be an alloy framed bike of course - some of the Rose and Canyon alloy framed bikes are advertised to be around 7 Kg, for example, and CAAD 10s are pretty light too. I have been almost blown off the road riding a steel frame too.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Wind doesn't discriminate against what your frame is made out of! And anyway, wouldn't you be attached to the frame by at least 5 contact points making frame weight pretty irrelevant vs your weight?

 

[VamP]

Yebbut... carbon has mythical properties you know!

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Yebbut... carbon has mythical properties you know!

And melts in the rain

 

[VamP]

And melts in the rain

Not as fast as my resolve did in last night's rainy crit. Just could not get enough confidence in my grip on corners.

I swear there's something wrong with my wheels.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Not as fast as my resolve did in last night's rainy crit. Just could not get enough confidence in my grip on corners.

I swear there's something wrong with my wheels.

That'll be seatpost clamp or brake caliper bolts. They're automatically responsible for the thing, that does the other thing leading to 33.6788% less grip.

 

[HLaB]

Not as fast as my resolve did in last night's rainy crit. Just could not get enough confidence in my grip on corners.

I swear there's something wrong with my wheels.

OT Steve Lampier was hinting to that on the Peterborough 10 last night, taking it easily/cautiously he said (particulary through the 'S' bends), he set a Strava course record

 

[VamP]

That'll be seatpost clamp or brake caliper bolts. They're automatically responsible for the thing, that does the other thing leading to 33.6788% less grip.

Brilliant

 

[VamP]

OT Steve Lampier was hinting to that on the Peterborough 10 last night, taking it easily/cautiously he said (particulary through the 'S' bends), he set a Strava course record

People like that were put here to ruin it for the rest of us