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I'm not remotely worried about strength.
Pace research used the exact same system on their original RC1OO mountain bike about 25 years ago with no trouble.
Robs own MTB has also been running the same setup for the past couple of years, also with no trouble.
I wanted the setup for a few reasons. I think it looks much cleaner, it allowed more creativity with the aerobar setup, and more importantly, it keeps the forks shorter for fitting in the travel case.
I've seen plenty of people criticize the system after Rob showed his bike at nahbs a while ago...all claiming it must be weak, dangerous etc...but lab theories don't always prove to be significant in real world situations. Similar to when reviews mention component flex...some parts may show flex on lab apparatus, but more often than not it's completely unnoticeable in the end use.