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wading heavily into the inevitable debate here, and awaiting testers input with baited breath.. but i reckon i'd prefer a mtb component to break slowly and predictably, if atall, so i'd stick with steel or titanium, at least for forks.

i've been running carbon forks for a very very long time and never had problems - they are such a brilliant ride compared to steel rigids (specifically RC31ti)

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trying to find pics of a broken niner carbon fork

i found this

http://forums.mtbr.com/29er-bikes/my-niner-fork-gave-out-500581.html

but it was a steel one of their forks!

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/how-sturdy-are-rigid-carbon-forks

but how many carbon forks have you seen broken? especially mtb?

not talking about wound up types with an aluminium crown

not taking side, I'm definitely going for a carbon fork for the MTB (the original fork on the Diamondback flex like a mother), very rarely I seen them break, but then there's not much rigid carbon fork out there in the MTB world to be honest.

I can definitely trust carbon MTB fork nowadays more than road which is saying something.

cretins. anyone who calls themselves a mountainbiker knows the best forks are made from a mix of aluminium/magnesium/oil/plastic/steel/titanium/nirogen/air/grease