Originally Posted by
Ironfish653
Plus lots of online anecdotal hand-wringing like 'Crabon will assplode!" and "It's only a matter of time until it breaks; the clock is ticking!!"
I have two old aluminum bikes (1976 Bridgestone and 1996 Cannondale MTB) and a carbon-beamed 1997 Softride.
According to BF lore, there is so much destructive potential awaiting in my garage, that if there is an incident, you'll be able to see it from space.
Yeah, I probably should have specified that's where I think they figure the resistance to carbon is coming from. It's a combination of being expensive and having a reputation for being brittle that just nixes it off a lot of people's list.
It's a guarantee that practically invites abuse. Giant must be seeing some disturbing sales trend if they're going to this.