I have carbon forks on my new Fuji World. It's standard on that bike. It even has inserts for mounting the front racks. To be honest, I wasn't going out of my way to get carbon forks. In my case it just happens to come with them. As for ride quality, I there is so many differences between this bike and my previous bike that, whilst the ride feels different, I can't say what influence the carbon forks have. I'm off touring in France in June/July with full panniers so they'll geta bit of a workout then. Originally I was thinking about changing the forks, but after looking at them I don't think I will. They are quite different to the carbon forks you see on road bikes. I will be giving them a test run before I go. So far I've done 1,500km on it but none with panniers. My concern is that they are as yet unproven for touring, so it's hard to RECOMMEND them. As for repairability, I'm not sure how useful that is with forks, perhaps someone else can comment. Most fork failures I've seen would defy repair!