Carbon Wheels

[Dave Eaton]

agreed.  my scott endorphin is now in the carbon fibre house in the sky.
replaced under warranty by scott with a state of the art aluminium frame.
and a much happier cyclist as well.  i've built carbon fibre canoes, and
know a little bit about their strengths and weaknesses - i thought that
maybe the bike frame would be ok, but it wasn't - not after 2 years of hard
use.

dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q

-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: Carbon Wheels
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 23:13:31 -0000

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander van Gerbig" <Audi_80 at email.msn.com>


>     Well bicycle frames are made of carbon and they handle some serious
> shocks.  I dislike carbon frames personally as a biker and mechanic, but
> some folks like 'em.  Though I wouldn't touch those wheels with a ten foot
> pole considering what carbon fiber bikes are like.

Carbon bike wheels too. One local guy had a set for a couple of years - he
had a habit of removing the tyre cement (racing tyres are stuck to the rims)
with solvent - eventually dissolved the resin which held the two halves of
the wheel together. The pieces were on show in my friend's shop for several
months.

Carbon frames and wheels fail and fail big time. Generally the consequences
aren't too bad but thats probably down to the low speeds (compared to a race
car) and lower weights. The only carbon parts on my bike are the brake
levers and I wasn't too sure about the idea of them to start with.