Originally Posted by
Blue Order
I don't consider changing from cromoly to carbon an "upgrade." I've heard of and seen many shattered carbon forks. I've never heard of or seen a shattered cromoly fork.
A shattered fork can cause a fatal accident (there's at least one thread here in bikeforums about a fatal accident when the carbon forks shattered), and if it doesn't you're almost certainly going to do a face plant, with accompanying severe injuries. If it was me, I would keep the cromoly fork.
That's my opinion. Of course, other people may have their own opinions.
That's scary. How common is this? And does the likelihood of it happening depend on what brand and/or build of carbon fork? I'm not too concerned about it happening unless I dump the bike in an accident and it develops an undetectable structural weakness as a result.