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made of 100% carbonium or something like that.

I dunno, I'm kinda torn.

On the one hand I like that they didn't do a new bike/name just for the sake of making it carbon. ie. it's still a session 88 just carbon.

On the other hand it kinda seems like "why didn't you just do it in the first place?" Why jump on the bandwagon now? does it offer any significant benefits other than carbon-ness?

or are you talking about monk-dawg's slippers?

made of 100% carbonium or something like that.

On the other hand it kinda seems like "why didn't you just do it in the first place?" Why jump on the bandwagon now? does it offer any significant benefits other than carbon-ness?

Lots of reasons for not doing it earlier:

- R[HTML_REMOVED]D resources
- Priority
- Lack of trusted technology
- Money?
- Profit.

Looks leik a Terk.

Looks leik a Terk.

I assume you mean Norco, no?

Who else expects to start seeing a whole bunch of broken carbon V10s, Demos and Treks on here in the next couple years: http://www.bustedcarbon.com/

I like it… carbon takes the lust factor up a notch.

Who else expects to start seeing a whole bunch of broken carbon V10s, Demos and Treks on here in the next couple years: http://www.bustedcarbon.com/

I do. Along with a lot of broken aluminium and steel bikes. Once adamantium or unobtainium are available to bike manufacturers perhaps the scourge of fallible materials will end.

I do. Along with a lot of broken aluminium and steel bikes. Once adamantium or unobtainium are available to bike manufacturers perhaps the scourge of fallible materials will end.

Yeah, I never got the hate that people have for carbon. I guess it's a fear of what they don't understand. Carbon should be, and often is, stronger, lighter and more tuneable than metals, and doesn't have an expiry like Al.

Who else expects to start seeing a whole bunch of broken carbon V10s, Demos and Treks on here in the next couple years: http://www.bustedcarbon.com/

Not me.

Bikes break at welds.

How many broken Formula 1 cars do you see? Unless riding stupid mountain bikes down the trail is more impactful (there must be an enginerd word for this - Timmigrant?) than slamming a curb at 250 Km/h?

I for one welcome our new Carbon based Overlords.

I for one welcome our new Carbon based Overlords.

Yeah, I never got the hate that people have for carbon. I guess it's a fear of what they don't understand. Carbon should be, and often is, stronger, lighter and more tuneable than metals, and doesn't have an expiry like Al.

That sounds similar to what Dave Walsh is saying about the new Evil Undead frame, currently as Prototype doing laps in Whistler, according to Seb Kemp in the new DIRT magazine.