Carbon Failures

After the Cervelo Wolf SL fork product recall, I became somewhat interested in failures of carbon frames and other bike components. Is carbon the equivalent to kryptonite [superman] or just shitty plastic [Asako]? Well, the boring answer might lie inbetweeen, but the cycle industry certainly did a good job of marketing material which is essential plastic, as a high-quality wonder-thing called carbon, given it a totally different image.

One has to be aware that carbon bikes are not made foreever and that sudden failure cahracteristics are different from steel and aluminium. Cozy Beehive and other blogs have some interesting notes about carbon component failures.

http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2008/10/inspection-of-daves-carbon-fiber-road.html

http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2008/10/easton-ec-90-slx-handlebar-failure.html

http://lagunacycleryshop.blogspot.com/2008/07/ronscrashed-colnago.html

http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2008/09/broken-kestrel-rt700-frame.html

http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2008/09/ax-lightness-daedalus-seatpost-failure.html

http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2008/08/wolf-sl-fork-failure-2.html

http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2008/06/zipp-b2-handlebar-failure.html

http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2008/05/wolf-sl-fork-failure_28.html

http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2008/05/broken-fork.html

http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2008/04/corey-colliers-destroyed-cannondale.html