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General Category => Freewheeling => Topic started by: mrcharly-YHT on 30 November, 2023, 01:07:23 pm

Title: nasty carbon fork failure
Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 30 November, 2023, 01:07:23 pm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxw19je1pvzo (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxw19je1pvzo)
Title: Re: nasty carbon fork failure
Post by: paton on 30 November, 2023, 01:25:13 pm
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
Title: Re: nasty carbon fork failure
Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 30 November, 2023, 01:27:57 pm
the first one is complicated by it being a Planet X bike. So he's having to directly sue the insurers.
Title: Re: nasty carbon fork failure
Post by: TimC on 30 November, 2023, 01:28:53 pm
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/
Title: Re: nasty carbon fork failure
Post by: paton on 30 November, 2023, 01:30:58 pm
Check your forks

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH7z6uAL3j4
Title: Re: nasty carbon fork failure
Post by: paton on 30 November, 2023, 01:45:40 pm
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
Title: Re: nasty carbon fork failure
Post by: gibbo on 30 November, 2023, 02:31:11 pm
Quote from: TimC on 30 November, 2023, 01:28:53 pm
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.
Title: Re: nasty carbon fork failure
Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 30 November, 2023, 02:54:30 pm
Quote from: paton on 30 November, 2023, 01:30:58 pm
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.

Title: Re: nasty carbon fork failure
Post by: Gattopardo on 30 November, 2023, 03:07:39 pm
This worries me.