tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post1832617369575200773..comments2024-03-18T18:46:48.791-05:00Comments on Guitar Ted Productions: The Elusive Promise Of Carbon FiberGuitar Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10960580677548417562noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-60932144606376903892013-05-16T22:03:10.426-05:002013-05-16T22:03:10.426-05:00@Matt Maxwell: Now that is funny!@Matt Maxwell: Now that is funny!Guitar Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960580677548417562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-51631033859385622512013-05-16T21:28:59.077-05:002013-05-16T21:28:59.077-05:00Carbon has come a long way, but it still isn't...Carbon has come a long way, but it still isn't "Ragbrai-proof". In other words when you're drunk and standing on your top-tube aluminum is still better. Matt Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14992892551754581628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-68025892366565075962013-05-16T12:41:04.885-05:002013-05-16T12:41:04.885-05:00I think the real trouble with price, at this point...I think the real trouble with price, at this point, is in terms of R&D. This bike has made massive gains over three seasons --that's new engineering, new molds, and new layups being made multiple times each year. Until manufacturers get to the point where they're using 3/5/10-year old molds to pump out another couple thousand 'perfect' bikes, the cost won't come down because they won't realize the economy-of-scale-type gains, and that means the prices will stay high. Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14779862348702443965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-32543367136207548532013-05-16T07:43:28.732-05:002013-05-16T07:43:28.732-05:00I think I share your opinion on carbon and was exc...I think I share your opinion on carbon and was excited to see where this post was going...and then it went to the 2013 Carbon Stumpy, a bike I rode for a long time and tried setting up many different ways, but still always felt like the rear wheel was shooting arrows into my asscheeks via the seat tubes. I finally, mercifully, sold it and switched to a 2013 Cdale F(lash) 29 Carbon, which is a bit better, but still requires beefier tires and a soft saddle to dampen the arrow-to-ass effect. <br /><br />Then there's my 2010 Scandium Niner One9 with its Boticellian curved seatstays that allow me to sit and spin, and bear down on my carbon dualie teammates on the rocky downs, much to their growls. I call it my "full suspension hardtail."<br /><br />Anyway, I'm still not sold on carbon. I wish I was as the weight savings and climbing stiffness is great, but I'd still take my scandium niner and even my old rusty steel Karate Monkey over a new carbon hardtail any day.finn maguirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02900532722546564131noreply@blogger.com