Originally Posted by
CliffordK
It is hard to say where the cutoff should be between fault of the manufacturer and fault of the end user. In my book 10 years old is still pretty new.
If you buy a bike used, the age of the bike is irrelevant. I could buy a CF Synapse tomorrow, practice doing ten-foot drops the next day, and sell it the day after .... "It only has about ten miles on it!" But most of the mileage was straight down with about two tons of force.