Carbon fork upgrade… what do you think?

I would not trust cheap carbon if you paid me. There are very good reasons why carbon bike parts are expensive.

I think..my dental bill could easily shot way past £80 so I will take a hard pass. I hope you have a great dental plan and insurance coverage?

Problem with carbon fork isn’t the material, but who TF made it, what sorts of fiber layering up technique is used, the test benchmark etc. without all these infos, I wouldn’t risk my dime and teeth on it. maybe for a carbon saddle or fancy carbon bash guard, yeah, but certainly not for fork. having said that, I wish you a safe ride

“It seems Pantani was an Italian cyclist.” LOL.

Seriously, the OP should take a step back and ask himself whether saving 50 grams is worth the risk.

Without even inspecting these forks while in hand a few red flags would be: a) why would a carbon fork adopt the same design proportions as a stock steel fork? The fibre should be laid up and engineered for maximal stiffness and strength (along the corresponding axes) not stuffed in a mold so the end product resembles an original steel fork; b) I’d rather a steel steerer when using threaded headsets and stems held in place with steel wedges; and c) a bonded Al/Carbon fork steerer? With every temperature fluctuations the different degrees of thermal expansion in the materials will result in a compromised joint.

Then drilling the fork just north of the dropout for the tabbed washers? Jesus Wept. Carbon tends to fail catastrophically when it does unless it’s vigilantly monitored with ND testing. Is the OP planning to do that?

Let’s hope there’s enough money left over for a good dental plan.