Originally Posted by mtnwing

8) in conclusion, carbon is an ideal material for building performance oriented BMX bikes and parts and will grow in popularity as the price continues to drop. It's no longer a question of the technology being capable to withstand the stresses. This challenge was solved a long time ago and is proven in DH and aircraft industries where failure testing and stress levels are way higher than BMX. The real issue is the economics and also consumer perception. Carbon has gotten a lot of bad press and misinformation has been spread over the years because of early failures. Remember steel bikes been manufactured for over 100 years so there's been tons of time to perfect the design and building process. Carbon really got it's start around 1987 when multiple builders really started pushing the material so it's advanced pretty fast but, it did take some growing pains to get there.
-mtnwing