Thoughts on carbon fibre wheels

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How long have CF wheels been around, 30 years? The tech is refined and mature, failures are so rare that when we hear about them its big news, they are not wrecked by a few scratches and they dont hide faults. Pretty much what you see is what you get but the downside is that their failure mode is catastrophic.
 
How long have CF wheels been around, 30 years? The tech is refined and mature, failures are so rare that when we hear about them its big news, they are not wrecked by a few scratches and they dont hide faults. Pretty much what you see is what you get but the downside is that their failure mode is catastrophic.
I think any wheel if come apart it’s catastrophic.what about magnesium? Thy don’t brake?
 

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My bike is $29k. The exhaust would be $4.5K.

This is not at all the same as someone with a $3k bike buying $3k wheels.

Your post is the most brain dead thing I've read...at least on this forum. Today anyway.
 
The day is still young

AHahaa
Interesting points. Makes me want to get into the wheel business.
Just an idea:
I've seen other spinning parts that are not allowed to have a catastrophic failure have a multi-material design. eg. metal alloy wrapped in Carbon fiber for a multi X strength to weight ratio over single material designs and a have a non-catastrophic failure. (yes, everything fails)
Ya, metal skeleton, compressed carbon wrap. There's a €6K wheel!
Who's in?



You've been to America recently?
" Val213 said:
....leadership in NYC should be put in wheelbarel and dump from top of Triboro bridge down? "

That would seem a bit harsh...no ?
 
You've been to America recently?

Yup...live here....we're still good........its still as good as it gets for everything i need and do....could it be better(?)...yes, there's always room for improvement, depending on the swing of the political pendulum, sometimes more room than other times
 

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