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Originally Posted by pylon
I have heard there are issues though with carbon forks, and disk brakes though. Something along the lines of cracking/weakening issues due to the lack flex. One of the guys at Ridleys was trying to explain it to me when I asked about it.
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I could see that: too much braking force applied to a more brittle fork.
Won't worry me though. My current cyclocross is cromoly, and I expect most that come out with discs will be aluminum. Either way, (steel or aluminum) they should be able to handle disc brakes.
I would have to think that a lot of bike companies are waking up to the fact that cyclocross bikes are increasingly becoming a choice made by commuters, so carbon may be less of a factor since the bike won't ever see any competition anyway.