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01-11-2018, 11:17 PM #1Registered User
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Carbon shovel shafts...good or bad idea ?
There are a few shovels with carbon shafts showing up. Anyone played with and beat on these yet ? On one hand I am a little concerned about durability...on the other I ride a carbon bike downhill at high speeds with out thinking twice about it. Carbon has proven to be pretty durable stuff but prying and chopping are a bit different loads.
Thoughts-experiences ?
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01-12-2018, 01:41 AM #2
Splinters suck, especially carbon ones. Aluminum fine so far, and keeps cost down.
It's a shovel, after all is said and done.
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01-15-2018, 11:04 AM #3glocal
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Carbon splinters suck hudge balls.
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01-17-2018, 04:49 PM #4
There keep being good, lightweight aluminum ones... the Mammut Alugator Light is impressively lightweight/burly and all aluminum. I guess the really light Arvas have carbon fiber shafts? Idk. Very happy with my Mammut...
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01-17-2018, 11:01 PM #5
Does anyone have an extendable carbon shaft yet? That's the biggest selling point for me for the brooks, voiles, etc. alu ones.
When life gives you haters, make haterade.
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01-19-2018, 08:45 PM #6
From 2006, yes.
https://backpackinglight.com/komperd...shovel_review/
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01-21-2018, 10:38 PM #7
Well, we shouldn't be prying with our shovels, right?
I guess my thought is carbon doesn't like dings and the shaft rides around in the avi tool compartment with a shovel blade and who knows what else, packs get tossed around, dropped, have shit piles on them, and these are things I don't do to my carbon frame bike.
But we put carbon avalanche probes through the same and I wreck on my carbon frame bike off of drops, pick it up and keep going.
Now, the thing I do notice is that burly carbon bikes often save a mere 15% in weight over the Al version of the same model while usually costing a crap ton more. Carbon probes have not cost much more (but have not saved much weight).Originally Posted by blurred
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