What price for carbon?
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NoCarlsberg don't make cycle clothing, but if they did it would probably still not be as good as Assos0
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you could save 5 grams by blowing your nose before you set off!0
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Have a good sh1t before your ride. Save your 25 quid for other useless cr4p'How can an opinion be bullsh1t?' High Fidelity0
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I wouldn't pay it either, but people always use the 'have a good sh1t before riding' analogy, like people on heavy bikes have the pleasure of keepeing their sh1t in! Personally I have a light bike+ a good clear out before riding. Double the benefit.0
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You have discovered the magic of bicycle marketing. I wonder what the true cost of a frame on sale for several thousand - and made in the Far East - is? Quite probably sufficiently low to insulate the company from worries about financial market problems. Put carbon in it and it's a surefire way to rack up the profit margin. Why else would carbon turn up where it's a bad idea to use it?0
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I reasoned that the same applied to groupsets such as Campagnolo Centaur with the carbon levers and chainset. It added over £100 (30%) to the cost of the groupset but I didn't think it'd make much of a weight saving. I had a frugle moment and bought the alloy version.
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Like a streak of lightnin' flashin' cross the sky,
Like the swiftest arrow whizzin' from a bow,
Like a mighty cannonball he seems to fly.
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Carbon has its place. Bars and stems, cages and chainsets no.0
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Gav2000 wrote:I reasoned that the same applied to groupsets such as Campagnolo Centaur with the carbon levers and chainset. It added over £100 (30%) to the cost of the groupset but I didn't think it'd make much of a weight saving. I had a frugle moment and bought the alloy version.
Gav.
In 2008 the lowest priced carbon Centaur groupset was lower priced that the cheapest Alu group I could find.0 -
Another no. If you're bothered about weight then go for a different stem entirely. According to http://weightweenies.starbike.com/listi ... type=stems an OS-150 is 170g to 180g in a 100mm length even with the carbon faceplate - plenty of choice of good quality lighter stems for less money than that (FSA is notorious as being one of the worst offenders for being extremely optimistic with listed weights!)0