Originally Posted by
washed up
More prone to damage? Buy aluminum and spend the extra money on components?
Thanks
Bingo.
Just my $.02 here:
If you are racing, have lots of disposable $$$ and have a team of people to work on your bike, then carbon makes some sense. A main issue (for me) is always going to be Bottom Brackets. They gonna get loose and get creaky on carbon. Period. The industry have shoved this down our throats and people with money coming out of their pores might not care but the entire press fit BB issue is just compromised engineering for racing and because it is cheaper for manufacturing than using a real threaded BB (which is problematic on carbon frames).
If you doing long bikepacking/touring then a steel frame can be a strong consideration as well.
Titanium is still one of the best material for bike frames and still cost prohibitive for most of us mere mortals.