Originally Posted by
Troul
imo; neglect is likely the cause for most carbon failures.
If anything, cf is less prone to damage from neglect. It doesn't corrode, it doesn't dent, it doesn't bend.
Rode my 2003 LeMond a couple days ago -- with the original cf fork. Almost 20 yrs old, probably about 45k miles.
Honestly, why do people worry about this?