tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post11497500829371501..comments2024-01-05T11:00:30.673-06:00Comments on DFW Point-to-Point: Damaged Carbon BikeSteve Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-6052362322084668612010-05-20T05:59:15.884-05:002010-05-20T05:59:15.884-05:00Velouria, did I mention the 23lb step-through carb...Velouria, did I mention the 23lb step-through carbon bike? Imagine flying up and down steps with a bike such as that!Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-92180356324120641092010-05-19T18:48:14.626-05:002010-05-19T18:48:14.626-05:00Once again, I shudder as I read about "potent...Once again, I shudder as I read about "potential bodily harm" - imagining things like forks snapping and amputating legs, or being impaled upon seatposts... Mr. Petersen has gotten t me pretty good : )Velouriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359329171411037482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-74832722927958479102010-05-19T12:36:20.512-05:002010-05-19T12:36:20.512-05:00Proof loading: drink some 40 proof. Go for a ride....Proof loading: drink some 40 proof. Go for a ride. Drink some 80 proof. Go for a ride. Repeat up to 151 or whatever you can get. At higher proof you will have more frequent and harder crashes. Obviously if the bike survives it's okay.<br /><br />You might be another story.cafiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749761363337659545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-23629584272547960562010-05-18T22:19:31.204-05:002010-05-18T22:19:31.204-05:00Carry on, Carbon Man! I join the others in ponderi...Carry on, Carbon Man! I join the others in pondering what would be an acceptable proof loading of, say, a fork, since that's the only carbon item I possess. Are you really gonna post on that? I hope so. Science and engineering is awesome stuff. I really blew it when I took English in University. (sniff)<br /><br />[conizers]RANTWICKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394479078513545568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-50998170644023404092010-05-18T07:55:20.092-05:002010-05-18T07:55:20.092-05:00On a tangential aside, last fall at a local CX rac...On a tangential aside, last fall at a local CX race a rider dropped out with a CF seat post that had seemingly snapped off of at the top of seat tube, he told me that it wuz the third seat post he had break on (under?) him that season<br /><br />There may or knot have been a "message" here!<br /><br />Chuck Davis<br />TulsaChuck Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135578486955751337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-68808347794732446892010-05-18T04:16:40.599-05:002010-05-18T04:16:40.599-05:00Looking forward to (3), too. In this instance I wi...Looking forward to (3), too. In this instance I will keep a careful watch. Unfortunately, I have relatively little faith in the average local mechanic. In this instance, I would be hard put to suggest that it was a manufacturing fault ;-). And, although it is only two years old, it looks like what it is - a bike that has covered about 8,000 London miles. (By my estimate, 1 London mile = 3 - 4 other miles)Hamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182921009517833997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-6237549518610147652010-05-17T23:26:42.272-05:002010-05-17T23:26:42.272-05:00I definitely look forward to the post on #3.I definitely look forward to the post on #3.John Romeo Alphahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01289456379789026152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-64540784687922131492010-05-17T22:31:08.045-05:002010-05-17T22:31:08.045-05:00#5 is the same as #1#5 is the same as #1Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-51273827582282511892010-05-17T21:44:55.927-05:002010-05-17T21:44:55.927-05:00#5: Put some clear nail polish on it and call it ...#5: Put some clear nail polish on it and call it good.<br /><br /><br />;- )Doohickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088639153697449691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-16030702419711981482010-05-17T21:30:08.168-05:002010-05-17T21:30:08.168-05:00#3 reminds me of the Calvin and Hobbes where Calvi...#3 reminds me of the Calvin and Hobbes where Calvin asks his father how bridge load limits are determined. His father without missing a beat tells him that they drive heavier and heavier trucks across it until it fails.<br /><br />The thing that concerns me, as an architect is how do you perform the loading test. A static loading test is relatively simple to perform, but it seems like dynamic loading is where you would see a high percentage of the failures (in bending, and bending plus shear), and it seems like that would be hard to replicate in testing.cyclerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331461189944538729noreply@blogger.com