>>1698195>>1698196carbon can be very different, just because you have the fabric doesn't mean you can make proper carbon
if you're a chink shitting out aliexpress specials, you just pretend it's the naive 90s again and stick layers of simple cross-hatch together until it doesn't collapse immediately, and end up with something that is barely lighter than metal and so ridiculously stiff that it will eventually delaminate and fold due to its lack of compliance
proper modern carbon can be as springy as you want in any direction you want it to be springy in, it's all calculated and engineered into the part
proper layering and weaves make it light, compliant and almost indestructible
also cost car money but as the sole actual real innovation in cycling in the last 20 years it might actually be worth it for some, unlike 1x24 drivetrains
as for alu, it's impossible to make it springy, it's so soft that if you bend it out of shape it almost immediately loses its ability to go back, so they make it very thick so that it cracks before it has a chance to bend or tear
don't get me wrong, i ride an alu fork myself, used to ride steel but it can't handle the climate, it's not comfortable but it's fine
