Originally Posted by
Campag4life
No doubt Hincapie puts a lot more torque on his handlebars than I do even though I outweigh him a bit.
FYI
I looked up Hincapie's 2006 crash and found.
Answer from Trek:
You are correct - Hincapie was riding an aluminum steerer tube in Paris-Roubaix. It was a 6061 aluminum steerer, the same one that we have been using on team and production bikes for over 8 years. Although we are experts in carbon fiber, we have always leaned to the conservative (and, hopefully, safe) side of fork technology. This has prompted us to remain with aluminum steerers, even for our team bikes.