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Re:The Sketchy World of Fake Bike Gear by Asbostos on Sunday October 04, 2015 @09:09PM (#10329499)
Yes. For such a high priced item, this should be easily economical. Some medicines already do this. It seems kind of obvious.
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Re:The Sketchy World of Fake Bike Gear by rconti on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @10:49AM (#10339231)
They almost certainly do. My Trek carbon fiber bike (~$3000 fully built brand new in 2008) was the lowest-end full-carbon bike they had that was still made in the US. It has a registration # (on the bottom bracket I believe). In fact, every bike I'm aware of does, for registering with the police in case of theft.
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Re:The Sketchy World of Fake Bike Gear by snotrockets on Monday October 05, 2015 @12:30AM (#10329972)
Campagnolo attaches such a code to their wheels: http://www.campagnolo.com/WW/en/Support/certilogo
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