When I was first considering taking up bicycling for weight loss, I consulted with the one cyclist I knew - the Weekend Adventurer. While discussing different kinds of bikes - road, mountain, hybrid - he gave me one piece of sage advice: "At your level of skill - and weight - do NOT buy a carbon-fiber bike. Under stress, aluminum or steel bend. But carbon fiber snaps." I took that advice and have been enjoying both my Trek Navigator 3.0 and Dahon Matrix folding bikes. Both have aluminum frames. Still, I never knew how right my friend was, until I saw this video, where a racer has a crash and the bike just shatters!
Monday, September 14, 2009
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