Ted E. Baer posted-
I have seen tens of thousands of stanchion
> and steerer tubes "rejected" for failing strength
> tests, having cracks, inconsistencies, and so forth.
> What I am getting at here is this: Was there a high
> level of quality control at the Carlsbad plant and
> were inspections performed routinely to the same high
> standards as those of the Italian base? Or did the
> tubing just come in the door and the builders made the
> paramount mistake of "eye-balling" said tubing so as
> to speed up production?
I can't answer your question about QC at the "two" Masi shops but are you implying that this is somehow a material failure? To me this is clearly a crash induced bulge and not a material failure.
Curt Goodrich
Minneapolis, MN