Originally Posted by
Dean V
Do you think you can simulate the sort of forces a frame/fork would experience from hitting a substantial pot hole?
I don't think you could or would want to by the sort of tests you described, but yet this is exactly the sort of situation that you would expect your bike to withstand and not collapse beneath you.
Between shoving the front wheel against a wall and reefing down on the seat, I'd say that comes close to covering it.
Originally Posted by
Doge
If you are a professional shop and accept money for the inspection, I think you need to accept some liability it is fails.
Sounds reasonable not to inspect.
Reasonable from one angle, but many folks will ask if there's an angle you can take that gives them at least part of what they came for. You can take some money for your time, but make it clear the decision to use the bike is up to the customer. You'd only be giving them something more to base their decision on, not pronouncing the bike sound.