Originally Posted by Harold74

Recognize that this was never a "should I retire the fork?" thread. Folks are welcome to comment on that aspect of things but those comments are of little value to me. I've reviewed a zillion of these threads and fully understand both the risk proposition and how most responders will tend to react to that.

The purpose of this thread is to discuss the nuances of carbon crack diagnosis, crack causation, and likely modes of failure. To the extent that responders continue to "go on about this", those people are providing precisely the help that I am seeking here. I encourage people to continue to "go on about this".