>>2015504Personal experience dealing with a tonne of used bikes.
I've scrapped a few bikes because the carbon fork was sketchy.
Like pic rel, a pinarello, the clear all over is peeling, scratched, and there's corrosion where the fork tips are glued. Paint on steel frames deteriorates too but it isn't sketchy in the same way.
I rode a carbon Tomasso for a season and the clear on that started to deteriorate too, also, the glued aluminium like the bottle cage bosses started to corrode (one even came unglued). People say rust on steel is an issue but aluminium corrosion is worse and carbon frames with glued aluminium bosses, inserts, sleeves, etc, are the worst.
All bikes get beat up over time, the difference is just that steel bikes develop patina and charm while carbon bikes just become junk.
