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[Closed] Carbon vs Aluminium

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Have we done this?

[url= http://www.pinkbike.com/news/santa-cruz-bicycles-test-lab.html ]Carbon wins[/url]


 
Posted : 29/02/2012 11:47 am
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in short. yes!


 
Posted : 29/02/2012 12:14 pm
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yep


 
Posted : 29/02/2012 12:19 pm
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I believe them.

But at £2500 for a frame only (despite it costing far less in the states) carbon had bl**dy better win!

Besides the dubious exchange rates it also irks me that S-C and others have started to charge far more for alu frames which start life as a carbon-only model - as if people's expectations are somehow different because of exposure to the carbon frame's cost.

I will be buying a new frame at the end of this year but I just don't know if I can bring myself to spend £2500 on something like a Blur XC carbon frame... Look at the XTR-equipped loveliness that money gets on the Canyon range, for a whole bike...


 
Posted : 29/02/2012 1:41 pm
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Tango Man,

I had a row too!


 
Posted : 29/02/2012 1:49 pm
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The fork mounts on that nomad dual crowned? will this not affect the ressults?


 
Posted : 29/02/2012 1:50 pm