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Mike wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>> On Apr 19, 10:18 am, Mike Rocket J Squirrel
>>> Right. Three forks of the same make and model should be exactly the
>>> same (although variance is likely to go up substantially at the bottom
>>> end of the market), but you can't just test one carbon fork next to
>>> one aluminum fork and say that the difference is the material.
>> but previously you were saying there would be "vastly different results"
>> - which of these conflicting statements would you have us believe?
>>
> This could be a result of wishful thinking of the form: " I spent vast amounts of hard-earned cash on these new forks,
> so I had better be able to detect a vastly improved ride"...
>
so what happens when attenuation is still apparent with cheapo sub $100
carbon forks vs. expensiveo custom steel costing more than twice that
much then? would that be wishful thinking too? given that one of the
material properties of cfrp is that it does indeed attenuate vibration...
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>> On Apr 19, 10:18 am, Mike Rocket J Squirrel
>>> Right. Three forks of the same make and model should be exactly the
>>> same (although variance is likely to go up substantially at the bottom
>>> end of the market), but you can't just test one carbon fork next to
>>> one aluminum fork and say that the difference is the material.
>> but previously you were saying there would be "vastly different results"
>> - which of these conflicting statements would you have us believe?
>>
> This could be a result of wishful thinking of the form: " I spent vast amounts of hard-earned cash on these new forks,
> so I had better be able to detect a vastly improved ride"...
>
so what happens when attenuation is still apparent with cheapo sub $100
carbon forks vs. expensiveo custom steel costing more than twice that
much then? would that be wishful thinking too? given that one of the
material properties of cfrp is that it does indeed attenuate vibration...