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A comment on Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike. Parent comment

Re:Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike by chrisbennet on Friday November 27, 2020 @05:48PM (#25233248)
As a data point, my 2006 (carbon frame) Ibis Mojo mountain bike has seen quite a few crashes (in the woods) without sustaining any real damage. Maybe mountain bikes are less delicate?
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Re:Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike by Baeocystin on Friday November 27, 2020 @08:40PM (#25234357)
There's almost certainly more margin built in to a mountain bike frame, but carbon fiber has a scary failure mode compared to metals no matter what- it appears absolutely fine until catastrophic delamination.
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