Originally Posted by
octopus magic
This is quite possibly the craziest thing I've ever heard of on this forum. Would someone having a totally authentic Scatto breaking and causing them to crash be just a "racing incident" due to it not being fake? Are you ready to build statistical evidence of testing knock off handlebars for your case? Would any cycling governing body actually condone this.
People do this (successfully) ALL THE TIME when there's a manufacturer defect in some part. If you decide to race on dodgy stuff, I think a really plausible claim can be made that you materially caused it by being reckless in using that equipment.