Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

There's No Good Reason to Buy a Carbon Bike

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Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

The pro racers who do need carbon fiber bikes get them for free. Only the people who don’t need them actually pay for them.

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Former bike mechanic, now engineer. This person’s got it right, and have been riding the same setup as theirs for 13yrs on the same bike.

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