By LEWISGH - 7/11/2020 7:49:15 PM
Hi,
I have no experience with Carbon fibre and do not understand anything about it so need someone to rest my mind.
I have just bought a second hand bike and the carbon fibre frame looks distorted at parts (I’ve attached two videos).
Does this mean the carbon fibre isn’t genuine or is this just a poorly made frame?
Could it cause any problems in the long term?
Cheers,
Lewis
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By Hanaldo - 7/13/2020 6:59:13 AM
To be fair it looks more like a messy joint rather than a pinch or crease in the material. In which case, it is more of a cosmetic concern. Would theoretically be slightly weaker due to misalignment, but as Fasta pointed out it is likely to just be in the outer layer.
I wouldn't worry about it too much, to me what you can see there doesn't look like any concern structurally speaking. The bigger concern is probably more a case of 'if this is what their cosmetic outer layer looks like, what did they do internally'. But, it's probably fine.
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