Originally Posted by
acantor
I had carbon fork on a touring bike, but swapped it for a steel one after reading a report on this forum about a guy whose carbon fork failed catastrophically while descending a hill.
So if I tell you stories of dozens of metal forks and frames that broke, what would you do next...?
Millions of cyclists use carbon forks; they don't spontaneously explode on descents. They're perfectly safe, again as long as you don't attach a pair of p-clamps and over-torque them.