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I think the problem with his study was that he did try to minimise variables, but went about it wrong. His first study should have just been bike1 vs bike2 no traffic, then he could have gone on to add traffic and see. In fact what he did was start in traffic (most significant variable) and then try to balance out the weight difference by running heavy tyres on his "light" bike (and "common knowlege" suggests that wheel weight has a bigger effect than frame weight).
Why do I ask? Well, if I ask on a race forum I'll be told to go 100% carbon, if I ask the CTC they'll tell me that anything that costs more than 50p at Aldi's is a rip-off and uinless I can weld it back together over a camp fire I should avoid. So I thought a forum used mostly bu urban commuters and utility cyclists (such as myself) would give me the best advice.
While I am well tempted by the luddite pov, I also have a logical science teacher in me who reckons that carbon forks must have a place and be worth trying, my thinking is that since they are used in audaxes and cyclocross they must be robust enough for a commute. Not sure I'll fork out for them mind ...