Carbon bike finally asploded...
06-28-18, 05:41 PM
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Carbon bike finally asploded...
Well the inevitable finally happened. My carbon fork shattered. May have had something to do with a head-on collision with an e-bike but I'm sure a steel fork would have come out unscathed...
Got complacent on a blind corner I've gone around 800+ times in the last few years. It's rare to see another cyclist but this time was the perfect storm and no time to react. Broken fork and sore shin.
Got complacent on a blind corner I've gone around 800+ times in the last few years. It's rare to see another cyclist but this time was the perfect storm and no time to react. Broken fork and sore shin.
06-28-18, 05:58 PM
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Ow. Sorry about that, and glad you're not hurt.
You know, you're lucky: usually when crabon asplodes, it bursts into flame, igniting the rest of the frame and any other crabon bikes in a 50-yard radius.
You know, you're lucky: usually when crabon asplodes, it bursts into flame, igniting the rest of the frame and any other crabon bikes in a 50-yard radius.
06-28-18, 06:00 PM
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Time to get out the superglue 
As far as steel forks, there are plenty of examples of bent steel forks, as well as bent steel frames. In fact, breaking the fork might have saved your frame from more expensive catastrophic damage (assuming it hasn't happened, and you just don't know the frame is also toast).
As far as steel forks, there are plenty of examples of bent steel forks, as well as bent steel frames. In fact, breaking the fork might have saved your frame from more expensive catastrophic damage (assuming it hasn't happened, and you just don't know the frame is also toast).
06-28-18, 06:13 PM
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That'll buff right out!
06-28-18, 06:21 PM
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Calfee will fix that right up! 
06-28-18, 06:37 PM
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A bit misleading on the title. Anyway, carbon fiber is generally much stronger than comparable steal but it all depend on the angle of impact.
06-28-18, 07:10 PM
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Seriously, I too am glad the OP is not hurt, having gone down hard myself Tuesday night.
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Time to get out the superglue
As far as steel forks, there are plenty of examples of bent steel forks, as well as bent steel frames. In fact, breaking the fork might have saved your frame from more expensive catastrophic damage (assuming it hasn't happened, and you just don't know the frame is also toast).
As far as steel forks, there are plenty of examples of bent steel forks, as well as bent steel frames. In fact, breaking the fork might have saved your frame from more expensive catastrophic damage (assuming it hasn't happened, and you just don't know the frame is also toast).
06-28-18, 07:31 PM
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That'll Nashbar right out: https://www.bikenashbar.com/cycling/...ce:&pageSize:&
06-28-18, 07:44 PM
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Based on videos I've seen testing carbon forks, I doubt a steel fork would have been perfect after that accident.
06-28-18, 07:56 PM
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Perhaps you can convert it to a "Lefty" Fork.
06-28-18, 08:19 PM
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Why should we change it? It's what he wanted.
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06-28-18, 08:51 PM
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The e-bike war has begun!
06-28-18, 09:58 PM
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"Head-on collision" Dang, that must have been some crash! Did you get checked out?
06-28-18, 10:40 PM
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I just went around the corner too fast. It's a relatively narrow path so doesn't have designated lanes. We were on the same line and met at the apex. I was going fast enough I didn't have time to adjust my line or brake. I guess I went to the left a little but not enough as my right leg bore the brunt of the collision.
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I just went around the corner too fast. It's a relatively narrow path so doesn't have designated lanes. We were on the same line and met at the apex. I was going fast enough I didn't have time to adjust my line or brake. I guess I went to the left a little but not enough as my right leg bore the brunt of the collision.
06-28-18, 11:45 PM
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What happened to the eBike? Did its Li-Ion battery burst into an unquenchable blowtorch of sparks and flames?
If your fork looks like that, the eBike can't be unscathed, can it?
If your fork looks like that, the eBike can't be unscathed, can it?
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