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Airburst
Well, the blade didn't "just" snap off - the carbon would almost certainly have been failing for some time. It's just that the imminent failure wasn't obvious like it probably would've been on a metal fork. Fibre-reinforced composites are generally very good at dealing with cracks.
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I'd certainly agree. Yet in the instance/s I've read per those blade failures... no performance issue was felt.. ie: front wheel felt normal riding. But who knows on that count...
Would think... metal blades would bend before separating.. [?]... some handling issue would show.