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Originally Posted by rudycyclist If you remember about a little less than a year ago, Bontrager came out and said Hincapie crashed at Paris-Roubaix because he was testing out a "carbon steerer tube". Whether it was actually a carbon steerer tube or just an excuse for a failing part, we will never know but just thought I'd tell ya. |
The steerer was aluminum. The fork with carbon legs came from another line of trek bikes (touring line or something) with more relaxed geometry (for comfort maybe). The aluminum steerer was prep by shot peening the metal which rearranges the molecules in order to strengthen it (how ironic). It broke just below the stem.
03-07.-2007
Re: Carbon Steerer Tubes -- Safe ? 
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