After six years on a alum framed bike (with steel fork, alum bar and alum seat post) I switched to an alum frame with carbon fork, carbon bar and carbon seat post. Incredable difference in ride quality, much smoother.
I'm wondering about all the postings warning about carbon fiber failures. Don't they make sports cars, motorcycles, airplanes, jets and space craft out of carbon fiber? Why would they use that material on those machines if it fails as often as some posters seem to indicate it does?
I've now been riding on a bike with a carbon fiber fork for three years, I hate to tept fate but I just don't think this fork is any more likely to fail than an alum fork.