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08-05-2009, 11:08 AM #1
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08-05-2009, 11:56 AM #2
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Are you seriously suggesting that the frame breaking into 4 pieces is a sales point for carbon fiber? And are you suggesting that if it hadn't she would have been hurt?Carbon fiber. It absorbed the impact by breaking spectacularly. Goooooood bike! Extra love in that bike's direction!
It is a huge bummer, but good to hear there is insurance to cover it.
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08-05-2009, 01:03 PM #3
I heart my bike
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HOLY SMOKES
I'm so glad you're ok, but it pains me to see your bike so torn up. Better the bike than you. I'm just soooooo sorry.
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08-05-2009, 06:26 PM #4
Don't whine
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Nope. I'm saying that the breakage absorbs energy. She loved that bike, and I was putting the positive spin on the fact that the bike absorbed a lot of energy that her body didn't have to. Losing the bike is heartbreaking, but thinking of it as a positive self-sacrifice on the part of the bike (I anthropomorphise bikes) lessens the heartbreak.
Originally Posted by lunacycles
Are you seriously suggesting that the frame breaking into 4 pieces is a sales point for carbon fiber? And are you suggesting that if it hadn't she would have been hurt?
It is a huge bummer, but good to hear there is insurance to cover it.
From the physics standpoint, yes, the breakage was a plus for her body which hit after the frame already collapsed. (absorbed energy)
FWIW, all my bikes are steel. But I honor any bike that gives its life no matter what it's made of. So, I honor her bike. I wasn't being sarcastic.
Edit to Add: steel would bend, aluminum would crack, carbon fiber would break. In an accident like this, I see a frame as something meant to be replaced just like a helmet. Each material fails in its own way, but each has absorbed energy the body didn't have to. I work every day analyzing the effects of forces on the human body. The less trauma the body experiences the better, in my book. Bend, crack, or break; if I'm not having to teach an athlete how to use a wheelchair at the end of the day, it's all the same to me.Last edited by KnottedYet; 08-05-2009 at 06:43 PM.
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