NYT: The Dark Side of Carbon Fibre
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:28 pm
Timely given recent crashes and as I contemplate my deer-bashed bike and whether to ride it again or invest in a new (non-CF) steed. While other materials usually provide some advance warning of impending failure CF is super-strong right up to the moment it snaps like a potato chip...
As Technology Makes Bicycles Lighter and Faster, It’s the Cyclists Falling Harder
http://nyti.ms/1zg6Zp5
“Anyone in a team who’s being honest with you will tell you how frequently their bikes are breaking; everybody knows,” said Mark Greve, a physician and assistant professor of sports medicine at Brown University who studied injuries to 3,500 competitive cyclists. “Few people in the public appreciate how many bikes a pro team will go through in a season, because they break for one reason or another. The bikes, they completely explode.”
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As Technology Makes Bicycles Lighter and Faster, It’s the Cyclists Falling Harder
http://nyti.ms/1zg6Zp5
“Anyone in a team who’s being honest with you will tell you how frequently their bikes are breaking; everybody knows,” said Mark Greve, a physician and assistant professor of sports medicine at Brown University who studied injuries to 3,500 competitive cyclists. “Few people in the public appreciate how many bikes a pro team will go through in a season, because they break for one reason or another. The bikes, they completely explode.”