I don't know from carbon, but I don't trust it because of: 1. *The strict torque requirements.* Two of my Giant Defy's composite seatposts longitudinally cracked with use over shorts periods of time - like one a year or something. The first one may have been my fault, I don't know, as I didn't know about torque specs at the start of my road biking, but I am not a ham fisted mechanic. The* second seat post* came to me under warranty and I used a torque wrench. As time passed I discovered that this second one *still split*. I finally just got an aluminum one. I don't even know if they split due to tightening or some other factor.
With my metal bikes and components I tighten to feel, but don't over do it. I usually snug in a smooth motion, and then give it one smooth tightening movement, stopping short of overdoing it. Never jerky. I don't tighten it 'til it smokes, either. 2. Also, the myriad stories of busted carbon, and how a little knick turns into an epic fail, and even time can lead to a catastrophic fail, *and the fact that inspecting the bike can't always tell you when something is failing* all lead me to look for an all metal bike for my next one. Giant didn't have any all alu bikes at the time. So I looked around online for all metal bikes and that's how I found Rivendell. I'm not saying anything is wrong with carbon. I just don't feel safe on it. And sure, steel can fail, too. But I feel safer on metal than on carbon. I like the lightness of carbon, though. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
