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An ongoing rant of mine is that carbon frames in polo are fool's gold.
I look at the dent in my sword; my tough, tough, beloved sword, and wonder how a carbon frame would stand up to similar impact. Actually, I don't wonder, I can categorically say that polo impact would decimate a polo frame at some point in its life. It might last awhile, in the absence of significant impact, but in the event of significant impact; i.e. impact that would dent a steel frame, such would destroy carbon.
I understand that tight weave carbon is strong; but it's not polo strong. Essentially, a carbon polo bike would be like a helmet, the first significant impact it withstood would destroy it. They are single use bikes.