Originally Posted by
surgeonstone
Well enough anecdotes do make data and I repeat, the carbon fiber failures keep returning to the bike shop whilst memory of such experiences with steel is nil.
I have had 40 years of experience of riding steel with not a single failure and yet on my first cf bike the bolts attaching the bottle cage to the down tube has wrenched free of the carbon twice, in 4 years of use. That speaks volumes to me.
Oh, Lord.
There are millions, and I mean millions upon millions of carbon forks being ridden every day. Some fail. The vast majority don't. With any manufactured product there is a failure rate. If carbon products failed above that rate then manufacturers would stop using the material due to liability issues. Guess which way that is trending.
When the X-Ray machine was introduced there was a huge public outcry because the masses didn't understand the technology and were fearful. Try living without x-rays now.