• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Carbon fiber, aerodynamics…

    For this one it’s used as suspension (not carbon fiber)

    Not that rare in old mountain bikes either, pretty sure my old steel Raleigh was similar

    • Natanael@slrpnk.net
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      5 months ago

      Carbon fiber has very limited lifetimes when used for something with a lot of hard impacts, so if you’re not sticking to smooth surfaces the bike can literally split apart with little warning

        • Natanael@slrpnk.net
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          5 months ago

          I Googled “motorcycle carbon fiber wheel” and autocomplete immediately suggested adding “failure” and doing that search has endless relevant results