Generic Carbon vs. Branded Carbon

[dem]

Never trusted my China $50 fork and that worry was always lurking in the back of my mind.. so invested in a "name brand" fork.. cut the steerer down.. and there are big voids in the carbon lay-up.

This fork cost more than the entire bike. Very disappointing (and for the record, the china fork looks perfect when I took it all apart and inspected it!)

The manufacturer is sending me a replacement, but now I get to worry about a $400 fork instead of a $50 fork. :(

http://www.haphazard.com/bikes/boggle.jpg

[beeatnik]

Happens. Even a company which has never had a frame fail in 30 years (their claim) can let this get past QC:

https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8180/29080925203_6f20970362_c.jpg

Check out the, um, non-concentricity at 11:55
https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8809/29080923233_5197dbd0e0_o.jpg

[Pastashop]

Just change the frame / fork every couple of seasons, like the pros do it. ;-)

[R3awak3n]

That guy on youtube that checks wheels, chopps them, ect has a video where he chopped enve wheels that had a terrible layup and found out some chinese non brand wheels were much more perfect inside than the enves. Ymmv.

Hmmm maybe they were zipps, I dunno it was a big brand