Looking to buy my first bike, found one that looks pretty good in terms of what I am looking for. It is a Trek Domane SL 5 2020.
Some cosmetic scratches, but want to know how bad these two are in particular and and if it’s a deal breaker. White scratch under top tube, which seller and had covered with some black tape – tape removed so those are the white lines you see.Second scratch near isospeed. Both disclosed.
Is this a carbon frame, or alloy? If alloy, probably not a deal breaker, but if carbon frame you’d need to have it looked more closely as cracks (even hairline ones) to the carbon fibre can compromise the stability of the frame…
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That’s not a scratch, that’s a crack. In a carbon frame.
Definite no go for me unless it was a steal of a price and I needed other parts off the bike and was replacing the frame.
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Looking to buy my first bike, found one that looks pretty good in terms of what I am looking for. It is a Trek Domane SL 5 2020.
Some cosmetic scratches, but want to know how bad these two are in particular and and if it’s a deal breaker. White scratch under top tube, which seller and had covered with some black tape – tape removed so those are the white lines you see.Second scratch near isospeed. Both disclosed.
Thanks in advance!
https://preview.redd.it/f7f2vty5hbah1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a6b97fae98733c5f9e3e540a46046edf0eebd2b
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https://preview.redd.it/f9kye7x9hbah1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f1fce198fb029e89da143f0ac13548a6742f69b6
Is this a carbon frame, or alloy? If alloy, probably not a deal breaker, but if carbon frame you’d need to have it looked more closely as cracks (even hairline ones) to the carbon fibre can compromise the stability of the frame…
That’s not a scratch, that’s a crack. In a carbon frame.
Definite no go for me unless it was a steal of a price and I needed other parts off the bike and was replacing the frame.