Originally Posted by
pulsar0705
The first frames of this kind I can remember are the Peugeot bikes ridden by Robert Millar for the Peugeot team back in the 80's. The three main tubes were carbon, the fork and stays were aluminuim. There were rumours of issues but there were very few in the hands of amateur riders to know for sure.
There are tens of thousands of carbon/aluminum Trek frames out there and even more carbon/aluminum forks still being made. They aren't exactly rare among consumer bikes.
Last edited by Kontact; 01-29-25 at 09:28 PM.