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Strength, take a hammer and screwdriver to the downtube of a carbon frame, and the downtube of a steel frame, the screwdriver will go through the carbon and i wouldn't ride it, even if i was a crazy fool, the steel frame would be fine.
Carbon is very comfortable, i've ridden quite a few, being a mechanic in a central london bike shop you get a lot in for servicing, and one of the guys that works there has a fully pimp time pro team vx iirc, and they're so comfortable. However, twat it and it will break, where as steel will take much more impact.
Riding stresses, carbon is up to 40x stronger than steel, obviously depending on how good the carbon is weave and quality wise, but, as mentioned, won't take impacts.