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There's No Good Reason to Buy a Carbon Bike

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There's No Good Reason to Buy a Carbon Bike

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Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

The pro racers who do need carbon fiber bikes get them for free. Only the people who don’t need them actually pay for them.

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It’s true they don’t. I was trying to point out some of the differences between a real bike and a Walmart bike. For the frame I love how it rides, I love how lightweight it is, I like how strong it is, and I love how repairable the bike is.

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