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Old 04-06-22, 07:41 AM
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I have followed this thread and I guess someone has to be the bad guy and say "this is nuts". When nearly every stressed carbon bike frame/fork uses a bonding joining method and ZERO (well there were the Alan frames from the 1980s that had the "lugs" and tube ends threaded AND bonded...don't see any company doing that any longer...) use a bolted only joining one might question why that is.

Bolt holes through a weaved material is not my first choice. Or second. Especially with a fork that will flex like a beam (that the blades are), even if you don't feel the flex. Foek failure is one of the ways to crash that can be pretty bad on your face. Perhaps a piece of that carbon sheet cut and bonded to your helmet like a football helmet face guard should be considered too Andy
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