I feel too scared to ride it hard over gravel, i know im crazy and carbon is technicly stronger then aluminium, but can you reasure me and share your experience with full carbon bikes ?
by Popular_Sense4325
I feel too scared to ride it hard over gravel, i know im crazy and carbon is technicly stronger then aluminium, but can you reasure me and share your experience with full carbon bikes ?
by Popular_Sense4325
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I’ve ridden my fat ass all over the bumpy gravel roads of Texas on my carbon bike. It can handle it. Now go ride!
I tamahawked my carbon santa cruz blur down the trail a good coupla times and it was fine.
I mainly ride steel bikes but that’s because I’m a hipster and not because I’m worried about breaking carbon frames.
I put mine through all sorts of muddy race and stuff and it’s totally fine. Its job is to be ridden on gravel so let it do its job. If you are super concerned about scratches, check into ridewrap, though it is a big pain to install, or helicopter tape areas that are likely to experience abrasion. But it’s fine without this.
That is a good looking bike