Carbon Vs Aluminium | What’s The Difference?

The majority of popular mountain bike frames are made of one of two materials, carbon fibre, or aluminium. There are of course pros and cons to both materials, including strength and durability, weight, price, features and compliance. Neil and Rich saddle up on Canyon Spectrals, one carbon and one aluminium, to discuss the differences between the ride characteristics and practicalities of both of the frame materials on offer. ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 - Intro 00:24 - Price and Costing 02:01 - Comfort & Feel 05:01 - Bike Weight 05:39 - Frame Stiffness 07:08 - Durability 8:52 - How Does That Translate To The Ride? Useful Links: 🛍 GMBN Bike Maintenance Book 👉 Racing Highlights & More On GMBN Racing 👉 Watch Shorts on GMBN 👉 Submit your Photo and Video to us 👉 Sign-up to our newsletter 👉 What material is your frame made out of? Why did you choose it? Let us know in the comments! 👇 Watch more on GMBN... 📹 How To Push Your Hardtail Harder! 👉 📹 Watch our Editor’s Choice Playlist 👉 📹 Watch our weekly show, The Dirt Shed Show 👉 🎵 Music - licensed by Epidemic Sound 🎵 Faller (Instrumental Version) - Ikhana Swoosh (You Move Too Fast) - Dylan Sitts makeshift - dreem prove me right - dreem Cin De Rella - Power Druid #GMBN #GlobalMountainBikeNetwork #MTB #MountainBiking #carbon #aluminium #frame #mtbframe The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community – and your destination for the best mountain bike content in the world. GMBN is dedicated to inspiring and unlocking your riding potential. Our videos cater to fans of every mountain bike discipline: from mile-munching cross-country (XC) riders, through adrenaline-fuelled dirt jumpers, gravity-hungry downhillers or aspiring enduro racers, and beyond. Every day of every month, our ex-pro presenting team are on hand to entertain and inspire you while also providing a uniquely qualified insight into the world of mountain biking. Every week we deliver original daily videos that include: Adventurous and entertaining features Mountain bike skills coaching Technical advice and guidance Mechanical know-how to keep you rolling A place for the riding community with our weekly Dirt Shed Show Thanks to our sponsors: Canyon Bikes: Nukeproof Bikes: Orbea Bikes: Park Tool: Smith Helmets & Eyewear: Crankbrothers Pedals: Shimano Footwear: Ergon: Vittoria Tires: FSA: Spank: Topeak: Garmin: Peaty’s Products: Wahoo: Worx Power Tools: CamelBak: Watch our sister channels: GMBN Racing - GMBN Tech - Electric Mountain Bike Network - GMBN auf Deutsch - Global Cycling Network - GCN Tech - GCN Racing - Global Triathlon Network - GCN Italia - GCN en Espanol - GCN auf Deutsch - GCN en Francais - GCN Japan - GCN Training -