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07-24-23, 03:24 PM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by wheelreason

Well, in that case, I'll just add that if you set a carbon fiber bike on fire, you will get some CO and CO2...

Continuing to be pedantic, probably not. Carbon fiber…the actual fiber…is formed at very, very, very high temperatures. Burning it is going to be difficult. That’s one of the problems with recycling it.

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