Originally Posted by
Maelochs
To each his own. As I see it, the main thing I get by buying the latest Giant or Trek is ...the latest. it will probably be a generation newer and somewhat lighter and stronger than the Chinese frames ... until about 18 months from now when the Chinese factories will start producing that model too.
You're also funding future R&D, which might or might not be important to you.
Originally Posted by
Maelochs
I have to imagine that if there were hundreds of these Chinese frames failing, we'd s see thousands of posts on all the various bike fora. I have never seen one (that I find reliable.)
I see no reason to think the frame I could buy from Dengfu would be any less safe than the one I would buy from Nashbar or BikesDirect.
I also really doubt than a big number (or even a few) of these frames would fail, but surely there is more to quality than 'it didn't break?' I guess that is probably enough for most.