On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 1:01:32 AM UTC+2, jbeattie wrote:


The assurance of a credible seller that a CF frame has not been crashed is probably adequate. I'm sure Lou was honest about his crash history, if any.


There are certain simple rules you have to follow when buying, using and for decent people also selling a high end CF bike. The rules are simple and you can look them up. I used that bike for 8 years with an average milage of 3500 km/yr. I wiped out in a corner once at low speed and my body (elbow and hip) took the hit. Only one of the limit screws of the rear derailleur was scratched a bit. Do you think I would sell a high end CF bike that took a severe hit to a friend or a stranger?
I mentioned it before, if you want to throw a bike in the back of a pick-up truck, stay away from 800 gr CF frames.

Lou