Technical FAQ: Sitting on a carbon top tube at speed, especially a counterfeit one

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Technical FAQ: Sitting on a carbon top tube at speed, especially a counterfeit one

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Aug 12, 2022
Lennard Zinn
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Technical FAQ: Sitting on a carbon top tube at speed, especially a counterfeit one

Counterfeit carbon frames not only are shaped, painted, and decaled to look like the brand-name frames they are mimicking, but they are often also built to weigh the same as those brand-name frames.

Read the full article at Technical FAQ: Sitting on a carbon top tube at speed, especially a counterfeit one on VeloNews.com.
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Written by Lennard Zinn
As a frame builder, Lennard Zinn has been designing and building custom bicycles for over 42 years; he founded Zinn Cycles in 1982 and co-founded Clydesdale Bicycles in 2017. His Tech Q&A column on Substack follows his 35-year stint as a technical writer for VeloNews (from 1987 through 2022). He is a former U.S. National Cycling Team member and author of many bicycle books including Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance, Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, and The Haywire Heart. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Colorado College.
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