Originally Posted by crank'n
Aluminium alll the way!The only carbon fiber iv got on my bikes is the bar ends on the MTB, they have hit he deck hard acouple of times and survived, but forks are a differant story, just call me synical.
Replacing a fork very couple of years at up to $700 because it might break, is ok for riders with a sponcer, but as a recreational-to work rider its to hard to justify the cost.
Did you see one of the Japaneez riders hit the bitumin a couple of weeks ago on SBS when a carbon fork parted from his bike?
I would have thought that replacing carbon forks every 2/3yrs is only necessary on competition bikes and not fully necessary on recreational scooters, depending on what sort of hammering they get of course.