Would you trust this fork?

Triathlon Forum
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Would anyone trust a generic full carbon fork from ebay? Has anyone ever purchased one?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-Full-carbon-Road-Bike-Fork-700C-1-1-8-385g-/270590419875?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f007223a3#ht_1260wt_1137

http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-ONDA-Full-Carbon-Road-Bike-Fork-700C-12K-/370392691678?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Cycling_Parts_Accessories&hash=item563d1ff3de#ht_1142wt_1137

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I would be just fine riding this. I do think the squiggly one is ugly though.

If you don’t mind an alloy steerer, I’d trust this one more (of budget forks):
http://www.performancebike.com/bikes/Product_10052_10551_1032950_-1_1511003_1511000_400206

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Wasn’t a big fan of the squiggles one either. Trying to get rid of a carbon fork with alloy steerer…slowly I am becoming a weight weenie.

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85 grams difference between those forks. Not sure how deep your weigh weenieness is…

But, I like this one the best: http://www.performancebike.com/bikes/Product_10052_10551_1086750_-1_400022_400002_400206

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I got one of the first you list (not the squiggly one) and its fine. Got over a 1000k on it now without any problems. Lots of hills climbing/descending and high speeds on marginal roads.
For the money i’d recommend it if you don’t mind the big carbon weave.

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How would this be any different from buying a carbon bike on eBay (which would have one of these forks)? I don’t hear a lot of horror stories about people having their unbrand Chinese frame explode.

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Just a note on the “big weave”, ebay also has a selection of “3K” weave forks which has a much smaller weave pattern. See the following:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-Full-Carbon-3K-Weave-700c-Road-Bike-Fork-390G-/270590421628?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Road_Bikes&hash=item3f00722a7c#ht_1587wt_1137