The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 4 months agoThe end of an era?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up110
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minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoCarbon 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
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoEh… Modern mountain bikes? Hell, they make car and motorcycle wheels out of it…
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI Googled “motorcycle carbon fiber wheel” and autocomplete immediately suggested adding “failure” and doing that search has endless relevant results
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
Eh…
Modern mountain bikes? Hell, they make car and motorcycle wheels out of it…
I Googled “motorcycle carbon fiber wheel” and autocomplete immediately suggested adding “failure” and doing that search has endless relevant results