Carbon - real v fake

[winjim]

The frame may well be perfectly safe. But if it's not, who can my widow sue?

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

My Ribble carbon probably can't hold a candle to the best frrames, but its still more more than good enough for most leisure/fitness riders and a few serious guys as well i should think. The same may be true for the counterfeit frame. Equally, it might be a lot worse than my Ribble....its just not quantifyable from the article.
In other words, are we reading the article from the wrong viewpoint....thinking the frame is inferior, dangerous, substandard. It IS inferior compared to what its being compared against, but is it compared to most other standard, cheap carbon frames. ?

Counterfeit frames and open moulding, as said many times already are not the same thing.. My Vitus Vitesse, a bike I truly love and treat like a child, is the exact same frame as a Carrera Virago, and there are others strikingly similar. The difference is, Quality Control and proper layups/bonding/resin application.