Cyclopathic
Veteran
- Location
- Leicester.
I have a second hand bike in my sights that I'm seriously considering buying. It's a GT ZR 3.0 road bike with ali' frame and carbon forks. Despite its age it seems like it's in good nick and in need of little more than the odd tweak and a service, however it has carbon forks which must be about 10 years old and I want to know if there are any safety implications. I don't know the bikes entire history so can't know if it's had a crash or received some blows.
Carbon is very much a mystery to me and somewhat like alchemy or witchcraft. I have no idea how it works or what to look for when examining it other than obvious flaws which it does not seem to have.
In short can I trust 10 year old carbon with no visible signs of damage?
Carbon is very much a mystery to me and somewhat like alchemy or witchcraft. I have no idea how it works or what to look for when examining it other than obvious flaws which it does not seem to have.
In short can I trust 10 year old carbon with no visible signs of damage?