Originally Posted by
NYMXer
FBinNY, my cheap Mercier Galaxy AL has a carbon fork and I always thought forks were under a lot of stress and pressure, given steering, head on bumps and other laws of physics. I know the front doesn't carry weight as much as the rear, but it does take on other forces.
To be fair, the Mercier is only a $400 BD bike and the entire fork isn't CF, but most of it is. For the price, it's a decent bike that took me from beginner to A rider.
You're making my point.
You started a thread expressing concern about CF frames, and wondering if metal made more sense. But you seem comfortable with CF fork despite the fact that a fork failure is more likely to have serious consequences than one anywhere else on a bike.
So you're in the ironic position of using the material you trust the least in the most critical application. IMO this position is only tenable after a few beers.