Danny MacAskill Tests Santa Cruz Reserve Carbon Wheels

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ndsipa_pomu · 2024-11 · Reference

That doesn't match with my experience. I've got a carbon fibre road bike and some parts of the frame are remarkably stiff whereas other areas such as the handlebars have noticeable flex. It can be surprising to people just how tough/strong carbon fibre parts can be - here's Danny MacAskill's destructive testing of some CF wheels: [VIDEO]

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a_f · 2024-01 · Reference

There is also this video from Santa Cruz: [LINK] where they test the fork and frame I am also remind of the Danny M video of the carbon wheels test: [VIDEO]

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z2h-a6n · 2022-05 · Reference

I was hoping for some actual data. As I mentioned there's plenty of anecdata online, but I don't know if anyone has really studied this. The article you linked to suggests that nobody has done a systematic study. As a counterpoint to the video you linked, I'm reminded of this video of Danny Macaskill having to work pretty hard to break a carbon rim: [VIDEO] > ... if one is not racing, is it really worth the extra risk for minor performance improvements? It really depends on how much extra risk there is and how much the rider values the performance improvements. Without actual data about the (relative) risk of carbon fiber failure in bike components, we have to guess based on the information we have avaliable. Most of this seems to either be anecdotal, or coming from from interested parties, e.g. bike manufacturers, lawyers who make their living suing bike manufacturers, and journalists who are probably more interested in writing about something exciting happening than something exciting not happening. My impression is that the relative risk of of using carbon fiber in some (but perhaps not all) bike components is pretty small compared to the other risks involved in biking, and the performance improvements are big enough to be worth it for me, even though I don't race.

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