Be Careful and keep safe! Are your carbon fiber frames qualified for riding?

In September 2009, a 58-year-old man was riding in Simi Valley, California, with 100 other cyclists. His front fork broke, causing fractures to his cervical and thoracic vertebrae, and he eventually died.

In court, Dr. Scott Beckwith, a Ph.D. in materials science, provided a material analysis of the accident's front fork, which indicated that the inferior front fork was the direct cause of the accident.

In the end, the jury found that the plaintiff won the case, and the brand owner had to pay US$722,800.00 as compensation to the victim.

Fortunately, we can still find brand owners. If it is a fake copycat, I am afraid that it will be empty.

Under the magnifying glass, there are many gaps and air bags in the material of the inferior carbon fiber front fork, which is the direct cause of the front fork breaking.

Although this was an accident in 2009, the proliferation of inferior carbon fiber products in the United States at that time was exactly the situation we are currently facing in our country.

When we try to search or google carbon fiber frames on internet, we can find there are so many distributors or factories to produce or sell them with cheap price carbon.But we cannot be sure which one is qualified.

Someone said that I won’t buy those miscellaneous brands. I’ll just buy some big brands carbon frames.

However, there is no guarantee that the stability of the repaired frames of some big brands will be damaged.

Many hands-on experts abroad have become accustomed to repainting a damaged frame after simply "adding a few patches". If there is no accident, I think it is difficult for anyone to discover this trick. The mesh density of the repaired carbon cloth is different from that of the original bike. If the whole bike is painted...then this difference will not be visible. Another example is the one below. The bottom bracket is broken. This is basically a scrapped frame. But after repairing it, we can't see any difference.

In order to improve the performance of carbon fiber frames, brands bike distributors will have their own carbon fiber frame technology and choose reliable and stable manufacturers when purchasing, such as XIAMEN TOUR DE CYCLING INDUSTRY&TRADE CO., LTD. The frames produced by fibertek have to go through countless times Test to ensure our frame meets the ISO4210 standard.

In order to improve performance, different ways of stacking carbon fiber are used in different positions of the frame. A bike will also use carbon fabric with multiple modulus. All of this is integrated to create a carbon fiber bike with outstanding performance. Frame, this is the essence of carbon fiber frame.

The difference in this repaired frame can only be seen from the carbon fabric mesh. After re-spraying, the appearance is no different from the new bike.

However, I can tell you responsibly that a genuine carbon fiber frame is stronger than what we think! If the above situation occurs, there must be a very serious accident.

In the past, we said that many carbon fiber frames with unknown origins were fake, but there was always a rebuttal: How much does it cost to open a mold, and the cost of counterfeiting is too high.

Let’s do the calculation: If you buy a used frame, repair it and then sell it, how much will it cost? I can tell you responsibly, the so-called factory products! Many of them are the frames we mentioned above. Defective products are repaired and scrap products are refurbished.

Cycling is certainly a very happy thing, but for your own health, please purchase bicycle carbon fiber frames from regular channels. The factory of XIAMEN TOUR DE CYCLING INDUSTRY&TRADE CO., LTD. has more than 20 years of production experience and has its own independent test room. Every new bicycle carbon fiber frame must undergo continuous testing and adjustment before it is put on the market to ensure that our frames can maintain quality. Welcome to visit the factory if you are interested in carbon road frames, MTB carbon frames etc.