Originally Posted by
guadzilla
^^ That. Thousands of happy users of the generic frames - I have one of the Yishun 50mm carbon wheels and they've been doing really well under my 180lb weight. In fact, I'm gonna be getting a pair of 88mm tubies from him soon.
I could apply the logic from that original article to something like screws and bolts as well. Different grades of metals, different processes, no QC. DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHERE YOUR SCREW WAS MADE? IT COULD FAIL AND KILL YOU!
Please, someone think of the children!!
I can understand a lot of people dont want to buy generic carbon. Fair enough. But this scare-mongering and "you dont know what it is" is ridiculous.
It's not scare mongering. It's a simple reality of manufacturing and a global marketplace. Anybody who has ever spent a significant period of time in manufacturing understands this. BITD, I used know guys who would take defective products, products that hadn't been through QC, and first quality "overruns" out of the plant and unload it at flea markets. Today, it's ebay.
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