bottom line .... how 'safe' will a carbon frame be in 5 years time if you use it daily to commute?
same goes for the carbon forks...
would you buy a used carbon frame bike that has high mileage? .... I don't think that I will
the resale value will be ziltch
Yup
All the carbon forks will blow up after 5 years. And the resale on these time bombs is zero. That's why you can get a 5 yr old top line carbon bike for nothing. They dont retain any value since they will blow up.
Safe for a daily commute? It's like riding a time bomb for sure.
SOmeone did a record of riding over 100miles a day, every day for a year on a carbon bike.But everyone knows if you let carbon cool down, it will blow up.
I say you go for steel frame, forks. Carbon is plain dangerous for anything other than a short term fling.