Carbon retro?

[Splatter Paint]

a dentist only needs a new d-a di2 carbon spesh once a year!
Or every 500 miles

I've seen plenty of broken carbon, almost always impact.

Properly made and kept, it could last for ever - cheaper resins will degrade though, and high end bikes are delicate.

Most carbon frames have aluminium alloy inserts here and there - this bond is unlikely to last for ever, although it could last a very long time.

I think the only thing that properly destroys carbon is...
FIRE

+1

 

[Frankenorange]

The other day i put scaffolding on my Hi-fi and steel girders on my digital radio . My wife told me to stop reinforcing stereo types.​

Is that my coat?

 

[Frankenorange]

Impact, that is the killer. If it has been smacked hard then it is time for the bin

This is something that the pro peloton learnt back in the early days. I remember reading about a team that had a run of CF frames snapping and it turned out to have been caused by the way they were being transported and/or the way they were held on roof racks. Teeny weeny microfractures from impacts/clamping and snapsy doodle!. They started treating them more gently and problem solved.

 

[pigman]

And you and Mrs FO.

That could be misinterpreted

 

[bikeworkshop]

This is something that the pro peloton learnt back in the early days. I remember reading about a team that had a run of CF frames snapping and it turned out to have been caused by the way they were being transported and/or the way they were held on roof racks. Teeny weeny microfractures from impacts/clamping and snapsy doodle!. They started treating them more gently and problem solved.

I had a customer who went out to his shed in spring (2022iirc) and found his fancy carbon bike snapped in half. When he asked the dealer, he was told the extreme shed-based heating/cooling cycles had done it, so no warranty as it hasn't been stored correctly.

I'll see if my colleagues remember the brand.

Working in the cycle trade isn't going to make you rich, but it will definitely make you laugh!

 

[retrobate]

I had a customer who went out to his shed in spring (2022iirc) and found his fancy carbon bike snapped in half. When he asked the dealer, he was told the extreme shed-based heating/cooling cycles had done it, so no warranty as it hasn't been stored correctly.

I'll see if my colleagues remember the brand.

Working in the cycle trade isn't going to make you rich, but it will definitely make you laugh!

Buggered if I would even risk swinging a leg over a frame that sensitive to enviromental factors

 

[Frankenorange]

Just Imagine having an extreme shed!?!

Red Bull Rampage....ski down Everest....Nurburgring hot laps.....and all done in the comfort of your shed with a cuppa and a digestive.

 

[Frankenorange]

Shedding the trails.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

 

[Canuk]

I've got a 9 tube carbon Vitus from 1985. It's been through hell (back to back winter commuting) and a European tour with heavy bags (thanks mudguard eye rear drop outs).
The seat tube came away from the bottom bracket, and I tapped it back in with a wooden mallet and some 3M superglue.

It still rocks!

I daresay it will outlast me. I keep it out of the sun, because the epoxy resin does not like that. It's without doubt, the toughest, bad ass frame I've ever owned.

Chapeau M. Vitus

Chapeau