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Summary: Carbon fiber ensures lightweight bicycle ride. Learn how frame material affects bicycle ride in this free cycling advice video from a bike consultant at a renowned bicycle shop.

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By Patrick Ramirez
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Contact: www.contenderbicycles.com

Patrick Ramirez works at Contender Bicycles in Salt Lake City, Utah. The shop specializes in road cycling, though it caters to cyclists of all kinds. Contender Bicycles was named "Best...read more

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"Let's take a look at some frame materials that you'll see on bicycles today; in particular road bicycles. So, a very popular material used today is carbon fiber. It ensures a very light weight ride, a very comfortable ride and the styling on the bike changes quite a bit. So, if you look at this particular bike, you'll notice some smooth lines here. All the way up to here. So, imagine you're riding and all the little bumps don't reach you near as much as they did on your older aluminum bike or steel bike and your bike is lighter, it's very responsive and it's very comfortable at speed. Three great things for bike riding in the Utah area. So, carbon fiber used on bikes anywhere from eighteen hundred dollars on up to in the thousands. So, carbon fiber; great material to use on bicycles; gives you everything you want in a bike; nothing you wouldn't."

eHow Article: Frame Materials for Bicycles