Thursday, July 30, 2009

Carbon Fiber Bike - How Tough It Is?

By James Heaton

There is a fact that Carbon Fiber Bikes are designed and built for their strength in conjunction with a lighter weight. This is not true. The real fact about products made from carbon fiber is that they are extremely light-weight and can be manufactured in many shapes, the actual rigidity of the carbon fiber material can be broken quite easily.

If you are definite regarding buying carbon fiber parts for your bike, or are a pro road racer or triathlete you will be aware that loosing the equipment weight means everything when taking part in professional sporting activities. Just by buying a carbon fiber bike part it should make a definite increase to the speed and the advantage of your cycle and give you with an bonus against the competition.

If the frame set on your new Carbon Fiber Bike gets a heavy scratch or gouge due to a or crash, it can make the bike to be useless. A break or crack will mean that the cycle is most likely best got rid of. Carbon fiber bikes can be mended, but because of the method used and way that the material and product is made and shaped specifically to the design of the frame, it might not be as rigid as it was before.

If the tubing starts getting a crack or split, this will soon be the weak point in the bike frame and will then produce additional stress which will then make the frame tubing to crack in half. You will definitely not be able to use the bike on a down-hill trail or over any difficult areas again.

If you are not a serious cyclist, you should think about getting a cheaper "combination frame" such as a aluminum and carbon fiber mix which will give you the benefit of the frame being lighter, but it will also provide you with a bike with a greater strength entirely. If you purchased a product such as a carbon fiber set of handlebars, you may discover that the item is not completely made using carbon fiber and that it is a hybrid material created to make it less heavy but also stronger too.

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