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Dave_Thompson prophet Reged: 12/19/03 Posts: 717 Loc: Spokane, Washington I think...       04/09/04 02:43 AM (24.17.236.162) Edit   Reply   Quote   ...while everyone is speculatively obsessing on the durability of various frame materials, two salient points are being ignored; first, which is the best frame material for the ride that you want, and second, out of all the miles you have ridden, how many times did you crash bad enough to require a major frame repair. Granted there are individuals who have had serious frame damage, but I think that percentage in extraordinarily low. The majority of us ride for many years and many thousands of miles, and our biggest concern is paint chips. I certainly would not base the purchase of a bicycle solely on how much it cost to repair, any more than I would base the purchase of a car on gas mileage alone. -------------------- Steel lover, but then I like Ti with carbon too. Licensed bike geek. Post Extras

Entire thread Subject Posted by Posted on Carbon Durability charlesf 04/08/04 08:34 PM Re: Carbon Durability Max   04/11/04 12:25 AM Re: Max's post charlesf   04/18/04 03:29 AM Re: Serotta TheMightySkunk   04/22/04 10:09 PM Re: Serotta skuke   04/22/04 11:17 PM Re: AA flight 587 TheMightySkunk   04/23/04 07:09 AM Re: AA flight 587 skuke   04/23/04 03:42 PM Re: Parlee, Moots, Calfee RDP   04/10/04 02:57 AM Re: Carbon Durability Tetrafied   04/09/04 08:30 PM Re: Carbon Durability bfd   04/09/04 03:01 AM Re: Carbon Durability vaxn8r   04/09/04 02:49 AM Re: Carbon Durability DGauthier   04/09/04 12:16 AM Re: Carbon Durability Wisdom   04/09/04 01:34 AM I think... Dave_Thompson   04/09/04 02:43 AM I don't think that's the only consideration . . . DGauthier   04/09/04 04:10 AM Steel forks aren't very repairable.... . . dfcas   04/09/04 10:11 AM Re: Steel forks aren't very repairable.... . . nicrump   04/09/04 05:43 PM Re: Steel forks aren't very repairable.... . . DGauthier   04/09/04 08:10 PM Re: Steel forks aren't very repairable.... . . charlesf   04/10/04 02:19 AM Re: Steel forks aren't very repairable.... . . vaxn8r   04/10/04 06:20 AM Re: Steel forks aren't very repairable.... . . 1centaur   04/10/04 02:24 PM Re: Steel forks aren't very repairable.... . . easypedaler   04/10/04 03:34 PM Re: ti v. carbon RDP   04/10/04 03:46 PM Re:If I had too..... easypedaler   04/10/04 08:56 PM Re: ti ride RDP   04/10/04 10:16 PM Re: what the heck does...... easypedaler   04/10/04 03:35 PM Re: what the heck does...... RDP   04/10/04 03:38 PM Re: Parlee demos RDP   04/10/04 03:09 AM Re: Parlee demos vaxn8r   04/10/04 06:10 AM Re: Parlee demos RDP   04/10/04 06:14 AM Re: Parlee demos vaxn8r   04/10/04 06:23 AM Re: carbon v. ti RDP   04/10/04 06:40 AM Re: carbon v. ti vaxn8r   04/11/04 01:45 AM Merlin Lon   04/11/04 07:14 PM Re: Merlin vaxn8r   04/12/04 03:02 AM Re: Merlin Lon   04/12/04 06:15 PM Re: Merlin bfd   04/12/04 07:04 PM bfd & vaxn8r Lon   04/12/04 07:37 PM Re: bfd & vaxn8r vaxn8r   04/13/04 04:01 AM vaxn8r Lon   04/13/04 08:46 PM vaxn8r Lon   04/13/04 12:15 PM Re: When easypedaler   04/11/04 10:25 PM Re: carbon v. ti RDP   04/11/04 05:10 AM Re: Carbon Durability beegeddie   04/08/04 09:02 PM Re: Carbon Durability MSO   04/09/04 06:18 PM

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