http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/Clamping_a_Carbon_Scott_Bike.html Perhaps the Best Hub on Cycling Information Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:25:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/Clamping_a_Carbon_Scott_Bike.html#comment-3169 tim Sun, 17 Jul 2011 22:30:41 +0000 http://www.bikecyclingreviews.com/?p=586#comment-3169 Seriously? This is another perpetuation of a ridiculous myth about the fragility of carbon fiber bikes. Vibrations, really? If the carbon was that fragile, it wouldn't be used on a bike at all. This makes absolutely no sense considering the bike is constantly vibrating with a much heavier load when you ride the bike than when a clamp is nominally holding the bike in place on the roof rack. how is using a fork mount rack any better than a tray rack considering the force direction is now different, and by your logic would somehow put more strain in a irregular direction than when you "normally" ride the bike? Seriously? This is another perpetuation of a ridiculous myth about the fragility of carbon fiber bikes. Vibrations, really? If the carbon was that fragile, it wouldn’t be used on a bike at all. This makes absolutely no sense considering the bike is constantly vibrating with a much heavier load when you ride the bike than when a clamp is nominally holding the bike in place on the roof rack. how is using a fork mount rack any better than a tray rack considering the force direction is now different, and by your logic would somehow put more strain in a irregular direction than when you “normally” ride the bike?

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