Another submission from Anthony. This one is surprising because the Tri-Cross forks look a lot stronger than most cyclocross forks. I guess look sstrong isn't the same as is strong.
The poor guy who owns this Specialized Tri-Cross bike was descending a hill at speed when the fork suddenly snapped clean off at the crown! The guy was wearing a helmet luckily but told me that sometimes he doesn't bother! I reckon even as it was he is lucky to be alive!The bike in question was only six months old and had not been used off-road - in the way that the cyclo-cross style marketing of this model hints at. Only knows how long it might have lasted if it had been used off-road!!!! The guy took it straight to his dealer after talking to me and later commented that they'd taken it off him pretty quick! As an experienced mechanic I can honestly say that this is the scariest failure of a carbon fork to date!
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Looks like the Aluminum sheared right off!!! Holycrap.
Jeez- I thought the alu steerers were better than the carbon ones! Annnd...there is a recall on Felt cyclocross bikes equipped with alu steer tubes (see 'news' at bicycle paper.com)...is this a trend?
That's more like busted alloy. The crown and steerer are alloy and the legs are carbon (below the brake bosses). Scary, though.
I just rode this exact bike across country with 30lbs of extra weight on it. Now I am glad that it was in panniers on the rear-end of the machine... My friend had the exact same bike with even more load on it...
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