Originally Posted by
Trakhak
As the testers said, this doesn't mean that any given well-designed steel frame or titanium frame won't give good service. But they did conclude that careful design is more important than the choice of material used to construct the frame.
... Although carbon is so damn strong, it can be way overbuilt and still pretty light. I've got a fifteen year old Tarmac, 1.2kg, crack in the seat tube from a bad prang, it makes no difference.