Friday, July 3, 2009

Unknown Carbon


I just received a photo of this "unknown" brand of bike with the following comment:
The bike was merely being ridden and had not been involved in a crash of any sort. The whole fork column came straight through the head tube without warning! As can be seen the aluminium cups that support the carbon have come away completely leaving the bare carbon. The head-tube has failed completely. Scary!
This story came from the inside, so all identify marks and names have been removed.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

If anonymity is really an issue with this bike then that picture needs some more editing - I can still read the brand name on the down tube.

Anonymous said...

Not sure I like this photo being on here John.

Toby.

Anonymous said...

Anyone who knows bikes well would realize which company it is. I happen to like this company so I'll keep it to myself.

JB said...

That can happen to any frame ridden by a dip shit who doesn't adjust the headset properly.