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Have you experienced similarly bad quality I documented in the other thread? I imagine quite many frames have passed your hands at this point.

Hi, I suspect others don't have as bad defects as I do. If you look at build videos and stop and inspect the quality, you will notice much higher quality. Of course there's also the possibility that people have ignored some defects, but i think that plays a lesser role. Ideally I want a new...

Yup, you should be worried. Say to him that you won't accept the delivery if they send you same quality as to me. Refer to these pictures as needed. This why I shared this, to warn and help other people :)

Thank you for sharing. People don't seem to want to talk about these issues. But making this public is the only way we can make these companies accountable. Quality issues hurt their bottom line and they go out of business, or they up their game.

red mark indicating QC fail?

The headset is according to LC made by Enduro. However Enduro confirmed my suspicion that they do not supply LightCarbon with headset bearings.

Voids present in carbon at both sides of motor mount area, potentially compromising bolt integrity. Also the metal inserts are not in the center of the supports, weakening the adhesion.

Rough carbon that has not been painted properly. This is a very minor issue.

Significant carbon dust inside the frame suggests poor quality control and no cleaning during manufacturing. There is no way of inspecting the frame properly if you don't clean it.

Evidence of poor adhesion and misaligned carbon fibers, indicative of weak structural bonding.

More wrinkles and voids at the base of the motormount.

Here you can clearly see that the headset cup/race is elongated allowing the bearing to move fore and aft. This will potentially with time grind the frame and cause more damage if used.

Some red paint marker, indicating maybe QC fail. Some machining probably done, but it has not fixed the fitment issues

Multiple voids potentially compromising the integrity of this high-stress area

Uneven carbon, indicating poor quality control and finishing. Some finishing might have been done indicated by the marks, but cups are still larger than need be

Uneven carbon, indicating poor quality control and finishing. Some finishing might have been done indicated by the marks, but cups are still larger than need be

Delamination and poor adhesion of carbon fibers on both sides of the frame. Indicating mandrel was not excerting enough pressure. This creates a weak spot in a highly critical area of the frame, that is the motor mount / bottom bracket area.

Overview of the motor mount area, showing unevenness, and lack of qc. They didn't even clean the dirt off to see what is underneath. You can see that the carbon sidewalls are uneven and wrinkled.

Bigger wrinkle/unevenness in the base of the seattube.

Voids along the sidewall of the motormount. Imagine what might be inside that we don't see. Also note how uneven the sidewall is.