I'll share one of my phobias.

[Steve Kish]

Not the one about waking up in hospital with ladies underwear (I'll take the chance on this! ), but a cycling one.

I am suspisious of carbon fibre and am wary of it failing on crucial bits like cranks, forks, frames, stems etc. Being an ol' git who has come up through the ranks of steel frames of varying quality and being slightly sexually attracted to titanium, I still can't help thinking of carbon fibre as a form of woven cloth held together with resin. Frighteningly enough, I do have a pair of ITM Millenium forks on my road bike, having replaced the unbranded set on there. Apart from a couple of headset spacers, I'm carbon-free.

Am I alone in this phobia?

 

[jonnyboy666]

had a thing about "is it strong enough?"a long time ago but not now, although i don't like carbon bars when downhilling in the alps off road but i used to have a carbon TCR with almost full carbon everything, frame/fork, bar/stem/seatpost, carbon cosmic wheels with record groupset which had carbon bits on it.

these days i don't worry too much at all.

 

[saltyman]

i had a s-works fsr carbon, and used it for everything while being 17-18st......did have that image of it snapping in my head, but the way i ride is way sensible compared to most.

id be more worried about cheap carbon than gear from a quality brand.

 

[sancho]

I'm more worried about the long term fatigue of aluminum than carbon.

 

[Easy_Rider]

I'm more worried about the long term fatigue of aluminum than carbon.

ditto

 

[mikee]

have a long term phobia of rusty old steel tube ever since a mate of mine
broke a drain pipe whilst climbing it when we were 9

shudder

he's still got the scars

 

[Easy_Rider]

Surely that drain pipe would have been cast iron and not steel
Phobia cured?

 

[tintin40]

I'm more worried about the long term fatigue of aluminum than carbon.

ditto

Same here.
Also i don't sit in a seat (not a cycle) that some body else has just sat in :shock:

 

[dyna-ti]

Once met a chap with an interesting shaped jaw,wired together with Ti plates after his Scott carbon headtube,parted company during a bumpy downhill section.
He said he was going a fair speed,but cant remember much else

I dont completely trust Ti or alloy either :? ,they've both proved to be strong enough,but its that niggling doubt about materials that fail catastrophically :?

 

[kaya]

I dont completely trust Ti or alloy either :? ,they've both proved to be strong enough,but its that niggling doubt about materials that fail catastrophically :?

My Ti collarbone is great it just aches a bit in the cold and make a funny clicking noise when I rotate it :shock: