carbon v aluminium
![rake](https://forum.bikeradar.com/applications/dashboard/design/images/defaulticon.png)
rake
Posts: 3,204
here is one for the debate, this caad 9 was ridden into a ditch. the carbon forks appear ok.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cannondale-CAAD9-PARTS-Shimano-105-shifters-brakes-wheels-mech-crank-Look-pedals-/140725022285?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item20c3dd6e4d
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cannondale-CAAD9-PARTS-Shimano-105-shifters-brakes-wheels-mech-crank-Look-pedals-/140725022285?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item20c3dd6e4d
0
Comments
-
Vested interest: I'm a cannondale caad8 rider. I'm well aware of aluminium's properties when subjected to sudden high load... However this looks like B.S. to me... The frame snapped but the wheels are true? I don't think so.0
-
I love this bit in their ebay description:Cannondale's lifetime frame warranty didn't cover the damage (read the small print!!)
Dear Mr Ford, I wrote off my car in an accident, but it is less than 3 years old..... :?Summer - Canyon Ultimate CF SLX 9.0 Team
Winter - Trek Madone 3.5 2012 with UDi2 upgrade.
For getting dirty - Moda Canon0 -
Gizmodo wrote:I love this bit in their ebay description:Cannondale's lifetime frame warranty didn't cover the damage (read the small print!!)
Dear Mr Ford, I wrote off my car in an accident, but it is less than 3 years old..... :?
Not quite the same, but some manufacturers have crash replacement policy that gives you a good discount on a replacement for a crash-damaged frame. Perhaps that's what he had in mind.0 -
jehannum5 wrote:Vested interest: I'm a cannondale caad8 rider. I'm well aware of aluminium's properties when subjected to sudden high load... However this looks like B.S. to me... The frame snapped but the wheels are true? I don't think so.0
-
rake wrote:jehannum5 wrote:Vested interest: I'm a cannondale caad8 rider. I'm well aware of aluminium's properties when subjected to sudden high load... However this looks like B.S. to me... The frame snapped but the wheels are true? I don't think so.
IME carbon is much more likely to survive than equivalent weight alu frame in this sort of impact. I hit a child on a micro sccoter at over 20mph on carbon frame/forks and came to a stop almost immediately. Only damage at all visible was slight buckle to alloy wheel. I as pretty nervous about damage at first but have since done another ~1000km and over 65kmh on descents still seems rock solid.My bikes
MTB - 1997 Kona Kula
Hybrid - Kona Dew Deluxe
Road - 2011 Ribble Gran Fondo, Omega Matrix Ultegra0