Quote Originally Posted by Katiebikes View Post
Durability is also a concern. I realize you can wreck a Ti bike, but carbon just seem so much more fragile... Has anyone ever crashed a carbon bike? Did you ride it afterward?
We have a team member who crashed her carbon frame earlier this year and had it repaired. The bike is solid, and she has raced it HARD since including traveling to some NRC races. It hink (although I may be wrong) that carbon is easier to repair than some of the other frame materials.

That said, if you crash a Ti frame, you are just as likely to do damage.

Carbon is definitely more tempermental, and scratches much easier. I have managed to ding my top tube on my cross bikes just by draggin my shoe over the top... With a Ti bike, small scratches buff right out with steel wool! And carbon can also certainly break with just a SLIGHT impact...

Whatever you decide, I'm sure you will have a terrific ride!

SheFly