[quote=walterwhite]Carbon fiber bicycles are IMO not safe.

Carbon fiber fails catastrophically on carbon bicycle forks.

Lance armstrongs carbon fiber chainstay peeled off during one tour de France …
That just doesn’t happen with steel…
I only meant carbon fiber bike frames. Catastrophic failure on a tennis racket obviously no big deal.

My understanding is a gouge on a carbon bike fork greatly lessens it’s theoretical strength.

Steel has more leeway for real life bike conditions.

I could be wrong but I will not ride a carbon fibre bike until they’ve been around 50 years and I see no weird chainstay random cracks for ten.[/quote]

You’re going to have to avoid air travel soon, starting with the 787.