Originally Posted by
scattered73
What, you must be joking? I got close to 10,000 miles on my cheapo cyclocross cf fork and on a good day this bike sees pot hole ridden streets, other days it is mtb trails, jumps, wrecks. It's all scratched up, scuffed to hell and still holding strong. Though I have been using stickers to cover up the scratches maybe thats the trick to cf repair.
10,000-12,000 is a "season".
Anything past that and you are just on borrowed time. Why risk a broken jaw when your handlebar/fork fails?
Really lightweight carbon bikes are just not designed to be ridden for years and years. Same with aluminum.