[RBW] Re: Interesting Article on Carbon Steer tube breakage in Velonews
boy, I'm damn glad I sold off all of my carbon forks. When you can only have the factory stem installed without risking failure, the bike mfgers have gone beyond the necessary safety margins which should be designed into their products. Hopefully none of the related crashes resulted in any permanent injuries to the riders. ~Mike~ On Jun 20, 2:50 pm, Angus angusle...@sbcglobal.net wrote: That is an interesting article. The carbon steerer in question doesn't seem to be robust to deviation from the approved components/torques/assembly procedures. Those are impressively light bicycles, but I'll choose to stick with my Rivendells thanks. Angus On Jun 18, 1:59 pm, RoadieRyan rya...@hotmail.com wrote: Noticed this today on VN today http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/06/news/steered-wrong-racers-conc... Riv Content Carbonomas plug- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Interesting Article on Carbon Steer tube breakage in Velonews
It seems the racing bikes of today have become very delcate instruments designed only for smooth roads and sunny days while requiring torque wrenches for every part and kid gloves. ;-) I'm glad my Riv can take the stupid amount of abuse I give it. On Jun 18, 11:59 am, RoadieRyan rya...@hotmail.com wrote: Noticed this today on VN today http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/06/news/steered-wrong-racers-conc... Riv Content Carbonomas plug -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Interesting Article on Carbon Steer tube breakage in Velonews
...But seriously, we literally trust our lives to steerers and forks in general. Imagine if one of these riders had gone down on a fast decent at 40+ mph. Would you trust your life to a component this apparently fragile ? On Jun 18, 11:59 am, RoadieRyan rya...@hotmail.com wrote: Noticed this today on VN today http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/06/news/steered-wrong-racers-conc... Riv Content Carbonomas plug -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
