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Definitely worth every penny. I have a titanium gravel bike plus a few other high end 853 steel frame bikes and the Cutthroat rides better than any of them.

 

Just don’t want to be on a trip and bust a rim and be out for the trip. But lifetime is nice.

 

Shit is gonna kill me man. I haven’t gotten to ride in 2 weeks because of the rain we have had.

 

I get it. But I’ve got a lot of confidence in these, I’ve beat the dog shit out of them and they keep coming back.

 

You’ll be alright, this was only 1k of elevation. And hopefully you should be used to the N.C. humidity! 77% at 5 PM. FML.

 

Yeah I can’t even step outside my house without sweating right now. 73% humidity at 9pm

 

That would be nice....

 

I’ll see your 82% and raise you....

 

Super humid today in UT

 

i did find it odd that my sweat wasn’t immediately evaporating today.

 

Haha. I’ve driven enough golf carts on PI to believe that.

 

It’s actually a bit higher back home.... 95% I think.

 

Did someone miss the invite to my armpit

 

I didn’t know my humidity was that high here

 

But it’s such a great humidity. Love Huntington Beach!

 

hell yes. I can sit on my back patio with a fire going in my fire pit and smell the ocean the whole time. 10/10

 

We went from snow on May 12th to 92 degrees on May 26th. I haven’t watched the humidity numbers, but it sure made for a slow ride yesterday.

 

That is amazing! What an awesome pic!!

 

For any that are leery of carbon. Ultimate strength is very high for quality stuff and it doesnt deform it just breaks. So, unlike aluminum, it wont dent/bend/etc from big impacts it will just stay straight until the fatigue life it met (higher than aluminum) or ultimate strength is exceeded. As always, crap quality stuff, carbon or otherwise, is still crap.

Marketing BS but impressive anyway, plus Danny is always fun to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfjjiHGuHoc

 

The exploding carbon rim is a leftover myth from the early days. Strength, and constantly replacing your rims, is exactly why you should upgrade to carbon. Now, I'm not saying it's impossible to crack one (especially cheap ones), but my personal experience with NOX, SC, and Zipp is that you'd have to try REALLY hard to break it. Run really low pressure and case a jump into a rock garden, yeah, you might crack one. The most important factor in rim failure, especially carbon, is how it's built. If it's built well, it's incredibly strong.
The real reason most people shouldn't be on carbon is the stiffness and expense. Way too many people buy carbon rims for the weight savings, and while there is some advantages there, it's not as extreme as you'd think. Most high quality AM rims are damn close to carbon Enduro rims.
Ride feel however couldn't be more different. Carbon rims are stiff, and some are TOO stiff. A lot of manufacturers of cheaper carbon rims use more material to make their rims strong, which in turn makes them really stiff, and usually uncomfortable as they deliver so much feedback. Some of the better ones use design to keep the rim strong, yet compliant. Riding the Zipp rims after any other carbon hoop was a revelation. Aluminum rims have a nice damped feel to them, and the Zipp takes that feeling and delivers additional strength and reliability, with crazy good lateral stiffness.
Strength is the reason to buy carbon. And with some of the newer designs, the ride feel can be so much better than AL as well. If I were looking at new hoops, I'd first go for the Zipp, then look over at We Are One, and SC. The latter two have lifetime no questions asked warranties.