Originally Posted by
sloar
i dont know much about the death fork, but how can something so brittle and dangerous, last so long. i'm sure plenty have broke, enough so to be worried. but if they were so crappy, how have they still survived and on bikes?
The problem is that the aluminum fatigue didn't progress in a linear fashion - it went all at once. If it went while you were at speed, it's almost a given you'll go flying. Carbon frames and fork sometimes do the same thing, although there's usually some kind of trauma or manufacturing defect at fault.