Originally Posted by
taco2ewsday
As a heavier rider I trust aluminum over Carbon, I do have a carbon fork however.
It's the fork that scares me most. If a carbon fork fails, it's over the handlebars. If you are willing to trust a carbon fork shouldn't you be able to trust an all-carbon bike? (Assuming you are within the manufacturer's recommended weight limit.) Aluminum can also fail catastrophically! it is a brittle metal and does not flex like carbon and does not bend like steel. It just cracks and breaks. In fact, one might argue that aluminum is more likely to fail more catastrophically than carbon since it will just snap, I've never heard of a carbon frame just snapping.