Yes. Reverse-engineering! Are you suggesting that laying up carbon fiber is some kind of unknowable black art that can only be learned by the uber-elite? Or are you saying that Chinese people are incapable of learning how to layup carbon fiber? On what do you base these assertions?


Yes. They've cut costs by cutting several levels of middlemen out of the distribution chain by selling direct to customers!


Yes I would. What makes you think I wouldn't?

Now that I've answered all of your questions, how about answering mine. In particular: Do you now or have you ever owned - or even ridden - either an open mold frame or a reproduction Chrek, Chiant, Chinervelo or Chinarello?

I thought not!

You can see on Busted Carbon instances of frame failures of every single name brand bike. Stuff happens! Just ask Romain Feillu (of Team Bretagne-Séché Environnement):

http://www.rtbf.be/video/detail_romain-feillu-casse-son-velo-en-deux?id=1900354 What happened there was called "The Luck of The Draw"! It had nothing to do with the country of origin of the bike. But for the record, the bike's a Swiss/Italian KEMO. That happened last week in the 2014 GP Le Samyn.

Statistically, more people are injured in their own homes than are injured on Chinese carbon bikes. You're statistically more likely to die at the hands of your wife than by the mythical exploding Chinese carbon you so fear.