weird pattern on fork

[cirian75]

My new bike arrived today
A Wilier Jareen

Brand new from Chainreaction

there is a weird pattern on fork on the right side

It is a black carbon fork with a very high shine clear coat, looks like it could just been clear coated carbon, but can see no weave, and the lighting at 9pm in the living room at night is not the greatest

smart phone using its flash was the camera

[AndrewEH1]

That looks like a badly manufactured fork to me! I'd email CRC before you unpack/ride it any further!

[cirian75]

I have emailed CRC the pics

[gazza285]

My youth has a bare carbon frame on his MTB, there’s quite a few areas look the same as that, nothing has broken off yet...

[Herman Toothrot]

That’s just the edges of different bits of the lay up, perfectly normal. The smooth continuous finishes you pay extra to get. That’s why car panels etc in raw carbon finish are mega bucks.

[AndrewEH1]

Herman Toothrot said:

That’s just the edges of different bits of the lay up, perfectly normal. The smooth continuous finishes you pay extra to get. That’s why car panels etc in raw carbon finish are mega bucks.

The visible edges might be somewhat acceptable, but I wouldn't be too keen on the folded/creased bit

[PulsatingStar]

AndrewEH1 said:

The visible edges might be somewhat acceptable, but I wouldn't be too keen on the folded/creased bit

Its fine - go look at some unpainted BMC's they are all like this. I still crapped myself like the OP when I bought one not realising though. Or even just google for some pictures

[cirian75]

They have replied

"Thanks for your email.

I'm glad you are loving the bike. I have checked with our bike experts and they have advised this is normal, it's a weaved design on the carbon fork, and it forms from the different sheets of carbon that have been glued toegether. e.g the lay and weave of the carbon. Looks pretty cool. You have got a better spec than that which is listed under the description and from the advice the bike experts, you have nothing to worry about.

I hope this answers your question, if you need anything else, please don't hesistate to contact us.


Thanks,"


They have said I can return if I want to as well

[fromage]

Nothing wrong with that at all, you will see much worse if you stripped off the paint on most carbon frames by big names