"And what would the nature of this due diligence on the part of the buyer / owner be?"
The nature of the due diligence would be the research most of us would do when making a major purchase, which is primarily checking the reputation of manufacturer, but also looking for history of damaged or recalled frames, asking questions on this list etc. I think most bicycles have to meet EN or CEN standards when sold in Europe and elsewhere, even unbranded Chinese frames (for what that's worth). But you already knew all this, so I'm not sure what you were expecting in the way of an answer from me. Jack On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 12:15:57 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > > > On 07/26/2018 12:48 PM, jack loudon wrote: > > Like Joe and Patrick, I also think CF *can* be safe but the buyer/owner > needs to do a lot more due diligence than when buying steel. Because the > consequences of CF failure are so great, sloppy design and construction > simply can't be tolerated. I would tend to trust company like Salsa (for > instance) because their CF frames seem to emphasize strength over extreme > light weight. Their Cutthroat has had plenty of testing on the Tour Divide > and other races, and if Salsa has had CF frame or fork failures, I haven't > heard of them. OTOH, Salsa had a steel fork recall awhile back. IMO it's > not the material but the integrity and expertise of the designer/builder. > > > And what would the nature of this due diligence on the part of the buyer / > owner be? > > > -- > Steve Palincsar > Alexandria, Virginia > USA > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
