NOS ! is it really 'old'

[dyna-ti]

I keep seeing items turn up on ebay and other places that says its nos
They always seem to come from either Hong Kong or Taiwan
Things like Tange headsets or cook products,or even those very nice and remarkably clean[despite knocking around in a stockroom for some ten years]Ringle hubs
These two countries have massive counterfeiting industries
Is it possible these are forgery's,designed for the retro market
Is there any way of telling ,serial numbers or the like

 

[P20]

Ignore

 

[Russell]

A while ago there were fake King headsets doing the rounds...

http://rouesartisanales.over-blog.com/a ... 71574.html

I don't see why its beyond reason that any other high value bicycle component could be copied and sold as original.

Buyer beware.

 

[cannondale king]

if the copy's are really good copys and your only using them for a garage queen then its not so bad :roll: :roll: but i wouldn't want to use them for riding unexpected braking and all that. any way the man to ask is SIDEKICK he will know whats going on as he's out in that neck of the woods (side kick only does originals not copys ).

 

[Russell]

if the copy's are really good copys and your only using them for a garage queen then its not so bad :roll: :roll:

I seriously can't believe that you think that!