outskirtscustoms said:I've never had a carbon bike but I've always wondered about it's strength.
I heard that carbon fiber is 10 times stronger than steel. I was watching Modern Marvels one day on the History channel about it. It's amazing, really. It fools with the brain because of how light it is... I guess the problem is associating light things as being cheap -- not the case with carbon though. Carbon fiber, I mean. You and I aren't cheap, haha... Well, maybe. :mrgreen:
However, with bicycles and hearing about carbon fiber ones breaking and this and that, I doubt it's really 10 times stronger than steel. How can you say something is 10 times stronger than steel when a carbon fiber bike breaks knowing that a steel bicycle is 10 times worse? I don't think so!
Can anyone say Element #13 FTW? :mrgreen: