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by hasmolo 1098 days ago
this isn't true anymore. you can get carbon bikes scanned after and accident to find any internal damage. Ruckus in Portland, OR is where i've shipped to before with luck, but there's a lot more local options now depending on the scene
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TIL! Apparently they do it with an ultrasound instrument:

https://www.olympus-ims.com/en/insight/ruckus-composites-ins...

Out of curiosity, does that actually work out financially, or is it really cheap or are carbon forks really expensive?
You probably wouldn’t do this for a fork. You’d just replace it. The carbon frame though can be expensive
Ouch! Folks across the street own a bike shop and sponsor an annual criteruim. Last year there was a crash right in front of our house - touch of wheels I suppose. There's a slight hill at the end of the street and I guess the riders could have been going in excess of 30 mph or more. No one badly hurt AFAIK but one bike had a broken frame. In this case no fancy equipment was required to detect the flaw. :-/