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Old 10-02-11 | 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Scrodzilla
Okay...take a what's considered a nice aluminum fork, hold it in your hand and gently hit it with the end of a screwdriver. It will resonate a sound. Now do it with a carbon fork.

I'm no engineer either but I know what will happen.
I'm not sure that is a realistic test.

Try the same thing, but with a wheel installed in each fork.

Not much resonance from either, right?
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