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@Hovis_Brown
vorsprung durch technik?
i think people are using carbon for the reduced weight. i remember seeing a fully geared bike that weighed about 8lbs (3.7kg). as for damping and stiffness, it would depend on the bike. the colnago extreme power is a very stiff bike, whereas something designed for the paris-roubaix will be designed to absorb shock. current carbon frames are pretty beautiful (especially the colnago c50), but i don't like the fact that you need to get your bike checked for any kind of cracking after a crash. some suggest going as far as needing to x-ray it.
i personally prefer steel-frame bikes. classy and developed since the bike's inception. carbon only has about 38 years of development under its belt.