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PSA: Don’t Buy Cheap Carbon Frames off of eBay!
The picture attached shows exactly why you do not buy cheap, no-name, carbon frames. The owner of this bicycle was racing it when the steerer tube separated, he crashed in the middle of a race and slid on his face for about 8 feet. When he finally stopped sliding, he did not move. The ambulance was called, and in the time between crashing and the ambulance coming, the owner lost over 1 cup of blood from his face. He was rushed to the hospital to have emergency facial reconstruction on his cheek, and all of his team members decided to quit the race, or leave before they could race, to accompany him at the hospital. He will survive, but with lots of scars and road rash. This is a warning to everyone. Do not buy cheap carbon frames, because as you can see, you get what you pay for. To put it into perspective, this frame was built around 5/11/11, and it was raced 5/15/11, obviously this cant be from overuse.
This eBay store, among others, sell these cheap frames. Please, for the sake of injury, do not buy one of these frames.
It's just insane. Who races on Gatorskins??
