Originally Posted by
ArgoMan
Hey, man. Thank you! Good info. I've been working in metal for many, many years. I think I'm biased toward it. I'm trying to expand my mind into the reality that carbon is acceptable, and maybe even better than steel!(?) I went to my LBS and saw some really nice bikes in the 9K-10K range. I can afford it, but won't pay that and I'm a hands-on guy anyway, thus looking to build my own. Maybe it's best to ditch the steel frame I bought and invest in carbon. Smelly....I love you!
No worries. I understand why old school metallurgists have concerns about CF, because the failure mode is very different compared to most metals. And most people are not statisticians and thus are not good at evaluating scenarios which have a extremely low probability of occurrence but severe consequences.