Originally Posted by
milkbaby
I don't have a Chinese carbon bike, but I am curious to ride one of the open mold bikes. Some of the designs look very nice. If I had $500 to burn on a frameset, I'd rather buy a CAAD off ebay though. That's just me.
Don't make the mistake of confusing open mold frames with frames being dumped on eBay.
Open mold frames can come from factories with QC, EN testing and
PLI. They are not always cutting edge in design but are manufactured to standards that mean they are solid, reliable products.
The frames being dumped on eBay
may be fine or they may be either QC rejects or cheap crap that will asplode down the line. They most often don't have EN certification and the shadowy sources fronting them don't carry any PLI.
Roll the dice.