Meentb Posted December 4, 2013 Share With the recent fake ritchey products doing the rounds I wondered if these are fake. Compared to these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udxcob Posted December 4, 2013 Share Its getting really difficult with such good copies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
428 others Posted December 4, 2013 Share The font on the top one looks "funny" http://ritcheylogic.com/mountain/bars.html Edited December 4, 2013 by Scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malpiet Posted December 4, 2013 Share i am almost sure the top one looks fake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannrissik Posted December 4, 2013 Share With the recent fake ritchey products doing the rounds I wondered if these are fake. Compared to these It doesn't matter if the stickers are fake, but if the carbon is fake.......or if the carbon veneer is fake..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hennie VR Posted December 4, 2013 Share Just buy new ones from a reputable dealer. Stop being such a bargain hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudi Pollard Posted December 4, 2013 Share O would say the top one is a fake. On the Ritchey Carbon Bars the word Ritchey is on one side of the stem and Carbon on the other. I have never seen it all on one side as in the picture... And the font is not correct either which is a dead giveaway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FootballingCyclist Posted December 4, 2013 Share From the pics, i dont know if they're diff models, but the top set has "Ritchey Carbon" on both sides in small font whereas the bottom set has "Ritchey" 1 side and "Carbon" on the other in Caps... As i said, these may be 2 diff models im not sure, but thats what i pick up from the pics... Edited December 4, 2013 by FootballingCyclist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted December 4, 2013 Share google images of ritchey carbon bars https://www.google.co.za/search?q=ritchey+carbon+bars&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=pyifUomoPM7xhQe2vICYCA&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=754 all have ritchey one side carbon the other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmytrap Posted December 4, 2013 Share Real WCS flat bars look like this,http://ritcheylogic.com/media/catalog/product/cache/6/image/640x480/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/w/c/wcs-flat-wet-black-bar.jpghttp://ritcheylogic.com/media/catalog/product/cache/6/image/640x480/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/w/c/wcs-carbon-5-degree-flat-ud-bar.jpghttp://ritcheylogic.com/media/catalog/product/cache/6/image/640x480/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/w/c/wcs-carbon-flat-10-degree-gloss-ud-bar.jpg edit: as per their website. Edited December 4, 2013 by Helpmytrap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadenceblur Posted December 4, 2013 Share Are these not in the classifieds at the moment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hennie VR Posted December 4, 2013 Share They make them pretty good. See link: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-RITCHEY-WCS-full-carbon-fibre-3K-bike-Handlebar-MTB-bicycle-bar-flat-Handlebars-580/1455375726.html But I do think the top one might be fake because as far as I know Ritchey Carbon uses a UD carbon and not 3k carbon as in the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadenceblur Posted December 4, 2013 Share indeed they are https://www.bikehub.co.za/classifieds/71677-richey-wcs-carbon-bar-and-stem/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udxcob Posted December 4, 2013 Share Wow amaizing, you are right, my RITCHEY bars are in capitals and Ritchey and Carbon on either side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FootballingCyclist Posted December 4, 2013 Share indeed they are http://www.thehubsa....n-bar-and-stem/Are these not in the classifieds at the moment? And the seller is getting lank defensive... Now it all makes sense why Edited December 4, 2013 by FootballingCyclist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted December 4, 2013 Share there are websites that help you spot a real or fake. Principles should be similar, you can never tell with bras these days. FootballingCyclist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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