The point is that if you ride carbon, you’re beating up your body and slowing your recovery time.\u00a0 You’re also reducing your work capacity and endurance.\u00a0 (Keep in mind that a harsh riding frame is not the same as a stiff frame.\u00a0 Read Seven’s carbon white paper<\/a> for a full explanation of this seeming contradiction.)<\/p>\n All of this is often referred to as rider durability<\/a><\/strong>, and it is the latest frontier in professional cycling<\/a>‘s ongoing pursuit of improved performance.\u00a0 Tadej Poga\u010dar exemplifies a rider with significant durability.<\/p>\n Seven’s\u00a0white paper on carbon’s shortcomings<\/a> places the vibration issues within<\/span> a holistic framework.\u00a0 In summary, greater vibration yields lower training effectiveness.<\/p>\n We use third-party data to explain the issues.\u00a0 The figure below illustrates several vibration problems.\u00a0 Additionally, to describe the obstacle, we’ve included quotations from some relevant sports and medical journals on the topic.<\/p>\n “Vibration increased oxygen uptake and heart rate.\u00a0 […]\u00a0 heart rate supports the existence of an elevated metabolic demand. This is consistent with previous studies that reported a 7% increase in heart rate and an increase in oxygen consumption.\u00a0 […]\u00a0 The findings align with other studies of full-body vibration or high exercise intensities that report increased oxygen uptake.”\u00a0 <\/em>— The Effect of Cycling-specific Vibration on Neuromuscular Performance<\/a>, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise<\/p>\n “Vibration as an external stimulus produced a significantly greater and quicker energetic demand to the body and thus it was perceived as a greater workload.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>—\u00a0 The Effects of Vibration During Maximal Graded Cycling Exercise: A Pilot Study<\/a>, Journal of Sports Science & Medicine<\/p>\n “[T]ime above 90% of V\u0307O2max and mean V\u0307O2 during HIT work intervals were higher in vibration session than traditional [no vibration] session. This may at least partly be due to the increased muscle activation in lower and upper limbs observed.”<\/em> \u00a0—\u00a0 Adding vibrations during high intensity cycling increases acute physiological responses<\/a>, Journal of Science & Cycling<\/p>\n “[I]ncreased acidosis generated during the Vib trial might be not the only cause of the anticipated skeletal muscle fatigue.\u00a0 […]\u00a0 relatively long exposure to Vib, generally more than 7 min leads to a decreased power and force production. Authors reported that an acute reduction in maximal voluntary knee extension force and a depression of the voluntary activation of the leg extensor muscles up to 180 min after an exercise bout were obtained in participants exercising on a vibrating platform.\u00a0 […]\u00a0 vibration can negatively affect cycling performance in terms of exercise duration when exercising at a constant submaximal workload.”<\/em> \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>—\u00a0 The Effects of Vibration During Maximal Graded Cycling Exercise: A Pilot Study<\/a>, Journal of Sports Science & Medicine<\/p>\n “The experimental hypothesis stated that the VCE [vibration cycling exercise] […] would have produced a significant variation in the monitored physiological parameters compared to the effects of traditional cycling. The results of this study confirm this hypothesis in terms of the increased energetic demand generated by the Vib\u00a0 [vibration] exposure.”<\/em> \u00a0\u00a0—\u00a0 The Effects of Vibration During Maximal Graded Cycling Exercise: A Pilot Study<\/a>, Journal of Sports Science & Medicine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Without exception, carbon frames ride harsher than well-designed titanium frames.\u00a0 A harsh frame transmits more vibration to the rider.\u00a0 Vibration requires the rider to expend energy to control the bike.\u00a0 This significant energy expenditure is reflected in increased heart rate, higher VO2 at a given wattage output, and higher blood lactate during and after efforts. … Continue reading “Carbon Ruins Hinders Recovery”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18075"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18125,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18075\/revisions\/18125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sevencycles.com\/7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/vibration-harshness-recovery-1-1024x576.jpg\")
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