Hoping somebody can weigh in and tell me whats up on my bike. 2020 Expert Carbon medium.
Now the specialized shop tells me its normal, so I am just 'trusting and verifying'. It looks like.. and I do not know; that is why I am asking... but it looks like it is not laminated correctly. I have a lot of experience with epoxy and polyester resins with fiberglass cloth, and zero experience with carbon fiber. If this was the fiberglass that I do have experience with, I would not be happy with the way it looks. From a cosmetic standpoint I guess it doesn't matter, although for $8275 I'd like to look at something a bit prettier. But from a structural standpoint if this was fiberglass that I produced and it looked like this I would have trouble selling it to a customer. It looks like it was not laminated correctly; this is how voids and/or air bubbles look in fiberglass- which is structurally a huge issue. I don't know enough about this construction process or these bikes, so maybe someone that does can help me out. Pictures below. In the sun it looks a lot worse than these pics. If it is just cosmetic then oh well. But I don't want a bike that might start peeling apart down the road a year or three or even ten. Thanks.
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