Originally Posted by
squirtdad
what amazes me is that a pedal strike, even hard could break the Emonda in half, any more details on failure mechanism
Sounds like it might have been more like 'hooked with the whole foot /crank" than "pedal strike" Bike stops suddenly, rider doesn't, and the whole mess gets slammed to the ground pretty forcefully. (Bike and rider hits the ground, frame breaks; rather than the frame disintegrating out from under the rider)
I had an off, where I got pinched into the gutter during a turn, and put my right foot down square on top of the curb; The bike lifted up a little bit, and then I got absolutely body-slammed on to the sidewalk. I know carbon-framed bikes don't hold up real well under side impacts like that. I got away with no damage, other than the railroad tracks the 53t chewed up the back of my right shoe, ankle and calf.