Many years of riding bikes and working in shops had given me the impression that once carbon cracks, it's time to shop for a new frame. As it turns out, that conventional wisdom was incorrect.

Damage to bikes with carbon fiber frames or components can be hard to ... that it can sometimes be very difficult to identify these cracks before they are able to propagate and fail ...

This reading displays the amount of received ultrasonic energy as a function of time. Source | Olympus An undetected crack in a carbon fiber bicycle frame or component could present a large ...

The Cowboy 4, now named the C4, is on our list of the best electric bikes you can buy in 2025, but some owners of the step-through (ST) MR Edition version of the bike have noticed cracks appearing in ...

My titanium bike frame escaped unscathed while the front fork, handlebars, stem and seat post which were all made of carbon fiber had to be replaced – along with most of my teeth. Carbon fiber ...