Originally Posted by
abdon
That is incorrect all around; the industry moved to aluminum because it was cheaper to produce, not better. If anything aluminum and carbon are inherently prone to cope with stress poorly. Also there is no reason to believe my hole quality will be bad specially because I use reamers to finish taping holes on work like this.
Steel forks don't pass the tests that forks are subject to nowadays unless they are really heavy. Those tests are a bit extreme, but not after you start drilling holes. And you have a 5mm reamer?