Originally Posted by
Kimmo
I understand there are a number of high tech and quite expensive methods of investigating the structural integrity of composites, which provide more information for an engineer to make a theoretical assessment.
But someone without the inclination or means to afford such techniques can perform a practical assessment to a pretty reasonable degree of confidence, albeit insufficient for legal purposes.
Ultrasonic testing equipment isn't really that expensive. It's probably more than any LBS would want to spend, but for a framebuiolder (that also does repairs), It's really not that much.