nasty carbon fork failure

[mrcharly-YHT]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxw19je1pvzo

[paton]

Plastic forks can break

Ben Norbury

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12696709/Cycling-nut-broke-new-2-200-Giant-carbon-road-bike-collapsed-ride-suing-company-200-000.html

Donald O’Driscoll

https://road.cc/content/news/cyclist-injured-when-forks-snapped-sues-bianchi-ps1m-272621

[mrcharly-YHT]

the first one is complicated by it being a Planet X bike. So he's having to directly sue the insurers.

[TimC]

A clubmate of mine died in 2015 when his forks failed (Kinesis). This isn't a new problem - though I'm quite certain that weld failures have occurred on steel or alloy forks with similar results. https://www.bikeradar.com/news/kinesis-seeks-more-owners-in-ongoing-fork-recall/

[paton]

Check your forks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muukpjzb5Jw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH7z6uAL3j4

[paton]

Plastic fork recalls

https://www.bianchi.com/products-recall/carbon-forks-recall/

https://www.merida-bikes.com/en/p/service/recalls-202.html

https://www.thebikerack.com/articles/giant-bicycle-recalls-carbon-road-forks-pg62.htm

https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/specialized-announces-voluntary-recall-of-12000-forks/

https://road.cc/content/news/167727-upgrade-bikes-issues-racelight-t-carbon-fork-recall

https://road.cc/content/news/192158-around-1750-potentially-lethal-kinesis-forks-unaccounted-inquest-told

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2016/ENVE-Recalls-Bicycle-Forks

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/BMC-Recalls-Bicycles-and-Framesets-Due-to-Fall-Hazard

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2017/advanced-composites-recalls-bicycle-forks-recall-alert

https://bikerumor.com/specialized-recalls-14200-bikes-because-carbon-forks-may-break/

https://www.specialized.com/gb/en/safety-notices

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Specialized-Bicycle-Components-Recalls-Tarmac-SL7-Bicycles-and-Framesets-Due-to-Fall-and-Injury-Hazards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKDTpNZzCPA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuqGd247-Qk

[gibbo]

A clubmate of mine died in 2015 when his forks failed (Kinesis). This isn't a new problem - though I'm quite certain that weld failures have occurred on steel or alloy forks with similar results. https://www.bikeradar.com/news/kinesis-seeks-more-owners-in-ongoing-fork-recall/

Assume this was JW? Didn't realise it was that long ago! RIP.

[mrcharly-YHT]

Check your forks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muukpjzb5Jw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH7z6uAL3j4

Crikey, that first video is terrifying "I don't know how that got through their xray process"

Good brands that supposedly do quality checking, and the composite is full of molding flaws.

[Gattopardo]

This worries me.