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bikerteam Five Star Member Exceed Your Limitations Posts: 630	Carbon Aero Frameset on BROL Oct 8^th, 2008, 4:24am Was poking around this morning and found a Bacchetta Carbon Aero frameset on BROL: http://www.bentrideronline.com/messageboard/showthread.php?t=43973
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Re: Carbon Aero Frameset on BROL
Reply #1 - Oct 9^th, 2008, 11:58am

Im still in the market for a high racer. I posted a few questions to this fellow. I might be interested in this if I can low-ball him on the price. BUT after Gregs experience, and that other cracked Carbon Aero frame in Austin, Im a little shy about the Carbon Aero. Carbon Fiber seems to be is to delicate, or needs better engineering for use.

Maybe I will wait and see the production model Rans XS that Paul will get to product-test. I dont know if my lanky self can fit on the XS.

Terry

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aikigreg Moderator recumbent ninja Posts: 3685	Re: Carbon Aero Frameset on BROL Reply #2 - Oct 9^th, 2008, 12:26pm Carbon itself is not a bad material, but I found out AFTER buying the carbon aero and braking it that it was poorly engineered and many of them had similar problems after much lighter impacts than mine. So that particular model was just bad. My carbon DF was abused and had no problems at all. Nor did the tica.
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Re: Carbon Aero Frameset on BROL
Reply #3 - Oct 9^th, 2008, 12:29pm

Quote from aikigreg on Oct 9^th, 2008, 12:26pm:

Carbon itself is not a bad material, but I found out AFTER buying the carbon aero and braking it that it was poorly engineered and many of them had similar problems after much lighter impacts than mine. So that particular model was just bad.

My carbon DF was abused and had no problems at all. Nor did the tica.

Being ham-handed Im good at abusing things. This fellow would need to sell the frame for $900 to get me to bite. Bacetta needs to resurect the TI Areo

Greg Im lookng forward to looking over your Carbent! Remember your Tica had inspired me to host that first picnic at White Rock so that we could see it.

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