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      CommentAuthorS. Felde
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2010
     
    A good read for everyone. Hope its new!

    http://www.bustedcarbon.com/

    My fav

    Hell Yeah!: Corbotron
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      CommentAuthorTheWizard
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010
     
    Fuck my life for Roadies! Is it wrong to wait for some juicy broken oclv seatposts?
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      CommentAuthorCorbotron
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010
     
    I love that site Scott it's the perfect explanation to not ride carbon.
    Hell No!: isaac, jeremyHCD
    tits or gtfo
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      CommentAuthorS. Felde
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010
     
    Carbon has it's advantages! Steel and aluminum break too, they just don't leave quite the sight that broken carbon does. A bent frame isn't muck different than a frame that looks like it's been blown up- both are unrideable. I do agree that carbon isn't a good idea for mountainbikes and (obviously) fixed gears.
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      CommentAuthorSteveAZ
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010
     
    Most of those(if not all) where caused by an impact...this scares me more and this is aluminum.
    1I have nicer cars at home!
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      CommentAuthorS. Felde
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010
     
    Look at that bike pump!
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    That crank failure had to be pedal strike inducedSKFrames ...what i do with my free time
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      CommentAuthornonNJSmike
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010
     
    triple trouble!
    • CommentAuthorjoe.ramus
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010
     
    Was it the irony in the name, Scott, that got you on your first post?my last name is Gill, not Ramus.
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      CommentAuthorjeremyHCD
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010
     
    That website is retarded. Carbon fails sometimes, just like aluminum and steel both do. Who cares. It doesn't mean you shouldn't ride carbon. Almost all of those pics are from some sort of crash. Carbon, for the win.
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    Is it me or does the concept of a carbon fiber mountain bike sound crazy?
    • CommentAuthorlXO
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010
     
    Posted By: ScottI do agree that carbon isn't a good idea for ...(obviously) fixed gears.
    why is that?
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      CommentAuthordr socks
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010
     
    Posted By: SuicideKingThat crank failure had to be pedal strike inducedThestreetkingsare not to be trifled with


    I had that happen once, although the crank didn't fully tear. I stood on the pedal to get the bike moving across an intersection, and it ripped. I never had a satisfactory explanation - maybe pedal strike by the previous owner a long time previously (I hadn't pedal-stricken at all on it in the year I'd been riding it).KEEP TEMPE HOT! (and feed Trifle to the Streetkings)
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      CommentAuthorTheWizard
    • CommentTimeJun 6th 2010
     
    Before "fail" was a meme, there was:
    http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-001/000.html
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      CommentAuthordr socks
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2010
     
    ^That site's pretty awesome.KEEP TEMPE HOT! (and feed Trifle to the Streetkings)

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