Full carbon forks - pros and cons?

As above. Just quickly - am considering some but mildly concerned about a carbon steerer tube.
Any anecdotes/experiences, anyone?
cheers!

Want a 1" one to stress test? :)

I rode one for 2 weeks. Didn't die. Doesn't prove much.

I thought about carbon forks, but got on my high horse about the biodegradeabiity of carbon.

Then someone asked why I'd want to throw forks away.

I got off my high horse, and shot it.

Still don't have the forks, though.

ridden a pair of full carbon forks for last 2 years and never had an issue, but then I haven't rode into anything or dropped the bike while riding them .. yet !

1) they're a must have if you are a weight weenie;
2) more likely to get stolen (happened to a guy i know);0
3) (very) expensive
4) hard to find decent forks in 1" version

They're less forgiving of over-zealous stem clamp tightening, and the bungs can be slippy compared to star-fangled nuts in alu steerers.

Cheers guys - went for it, as seemed to be a bargain. Should make for a smoother journey, hope it doesn't turn out to be some terrible ebay naiveity!

I had a reynolds one for 2 years on my fixed working bike. Never had a problem, and I'm a big heavy dude who's not easy on the bike.

How heavy is heavy Jos? :)

approximately 2 mountains

and that's just his legs!

Carbon is recycleable to an extent, but it does take a lot of energy again so it's maybe not the best trade off.

It should be stiffer and more accurate than steel/ali but once it fails it fails, there's no elasticity that you get in metal.

Personally I don't think it'll make a massive difference for average riding.

What's with the trawling of old carbon fibre related posts dude?

The pros of carbon forks is that they're fast, and provide a lot of power to your bike. The cons of carbon forks is that they are not sustainable, and have a low level of efficiency.

Carbon forks provide no power to your bike. Efficiency for/of what?

Listen, I've tried them all all they all provided a tangible level of extra power.

Vertically compliant, laterally...

...argumentative

Vertically compliant, laterally...

....while offering very direct steering..

.......as opposed to indirect steering. Which I hear is crap.

pro - they look cool
con - they break

pro - they look cool
con - they break

the pro of carbon is that they look cool?!

What's with the trawling of old carbon fibre related posts dude?

Carbon's a bit of an interest of mine. Well alternative and exotic materials as a whole really

I'd worked that out from one of your other posts. How's the frame design project coming along?

It's going well thanks, still in the prelim stages at the moment but we're getting there. Will hopefully be able to put some details up about it soon.

A coincidence that this topic came up recently as I was about to try to find something similiar. I'm thinking about replacing my Bareknuckle forks with some carbon jobbies but have no idea where to start. Want to spend £100 or thereabouts and am willing to go second-hand and/or more expensive if the right ones come up...

Which brands are good? Do they *really *improve road buzz? Any advice is well taken...