Watch out for those cheap carbon paste tubes from online marketplaces

I bought a tube of carbon assembly paste from a third party seller for about eight bucks last month. The paste inside was way too thin, almost like water, and it did not hold the seatpost at all. I had to redo the whole job with a proper brand after the seat slipped down on a customer's bike during a test ride. It cost me an extra hour of labor and a new tube of paste. Has anyone else run into fake or bad carbon paste from these sellers?

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benk2621d agoTop Commenter

Guess they call it assembly paste because you get to assemble the bike twice.

kelly.daniel21d ago

My last build took three tries to get the bottom bracket right.

seanjohnson15d ago

Yeah, it's that whole "you get what you pay for" thing... but it's everywhere now. Like buying the cheap tape that won't stick, or the off-brand batteries that die in a week. It feels like more stuff is just pretending to be the real thing. Reminds me of what @kelly.daniel said about the bottom bracket... that's the same kind of hassle, wasting time fixing a problem a real product should have solved. You end up spending more money and time in the end, just like with that watery paste.

lily_dixon2715d ago

Oh man, I used to think all paste was the same. This kind of mess totally changes your mind.