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Old 07-21-15, 08:22 AM
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Counterfeit TdF bikes

Enjoy, Carbon Fiber Tour de France Bikes Are Surprisingly Easy to Counterfeit

Looks like these carbon bikes are likely to assplode,
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“It really just becomes an enormous safety issue for consumers,” Chad Moore of Mavic, a French wheel company, told the paper. “The wheels just kind of fall apart.”
As if Mavic didn't already have enough problems with wheels failing.
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As if Mavic didn't already have enough problems with wheels failing.
"That wasn't one of of our wheels, that was a cheap Chinese knockoff, honestly". Mavic's problem solved
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