![]() ![]() You are probably thinking “I have ridden a hong fu frame for years and I am fine, so you are wrong.” Your instance does not represent the issue as a whole. The replies to them ranged from “You misused the product” to “We don’t speak english.” Many are constructed with fiberglass, cheap glue, even tape. I searched thousands of emails from angry customers around the world. In one case, I found through discovery requests, that nearly 50% of the ebay/ali express unbranded frames fail at either the steer tube, fork blade, chainstay, or a simultaneous downtube/headtube failure. Criminal penalties and civil judgments can be very severe, if they are applied at all. ![]() It is hard to believe, but there have actually been counterfeit parts made IN THE US. There are many resellers in Taiwan and ride on the name quite a bit to sell their products. Not that many counterfeits come from Taiwan because the manufacturing is actually more expensive than the rest of Asia. Taiwan is very reputable and makes almost everything in the industry. If you do find them and get a judgment for damages, it is very hard to collect. It takes a lot of investigation and man hours to locate them. When the frame fails and causes injury, It can be very difficult to locate the original manufacturer of the frame or part. Most of the time, the testing photos you see are juts stolen from each other online and used by others. The types of carbon are far less quality and the frames are not tested. There is no quality control or defect inspection. Sometimes they use foam or wood to replicate a real frame, then make the mold from that. It simply doesn’t make any sense to risk losing it, especially when the barriers to entering the market are so low.Ĭounterfeit frames are actually clam shell molds from authentic frames that look similar on the exterior, but are far different on the interior. The money made from the contract of producing authentic frames and the money made from producing counterfeit frames doesn’t come close. ![]() No bicycle company remain in contract with a company producing sub-par frames in their molds. They are not the same frames, they are not made in the same factory, or by the same workers. I have a clients who have suffered great bodily injury. It is bewildering to think ebay still allows them to be sold. Second, counterfeit frames are incredibly dangerous. I also have my own law practice where at least half of my cases are based on carbon frame and part failure that causes injury or death. Maybe that’s what he meant.įirst, I should say that I am a qualified expert and have testified in court for defendants and plaintiffs of carbon fiber frame failure that causes injury. What they charge you 400%-500% of the $100 they claim it is. It’s entirely possible for them to make a safe knock-off, but there’s a whole lot of incentive to skip those steps to increase profits, and not a lot to lose from seen boxed invoices for Chinese carbon frames. I would stick with something that’s not a knock-off from a somewhat reputable seller. Even if it’s the same factory, which is isn’t, QC is not the are also smaller operations that only care about making a buck selling counterfeits, and don’t care at all about the quality of what they sell, as long as they can sell it. You can be sure that these knock-off frames that have a 0% chance of even being made in the same molds have R&D and QC on the low end, and there’s no way they can even sell these to reputable rebranders. Much no R&D went into that fake Impec, I’ve seen one before, while decent, the steerer tube was not round, and it’s a pretty cheap and bad “copy”. ![]()
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