Originally Posted by
1500SLR
No not really, you can repair aluminum just like any other material. Carbon doesn't dent it cracks, and that's my point. It cracks and a lot of a time you don't know its cracked until it snaps and at which point it may kill you. You are more likely to break a weld than dent an alloy bike anyway.
Have you changed the carbon fork on your SLR over to Aluminium? If not, any plans to? It would seem that the fork is subjected to a lot of force when braking.