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Trek Superfly 9.6 Carbon with green stains in the frame
Hello
I am desperatly looking for help. I bought a bike (Trek Superfly 9.6 Carbon Model 2016). The bike was used I thouhg the person who sold it to me was first owner as he said so, but I am afraid he was not and the bike might have some unknown issues.
I started to have doubts regarding if Bike is original or is Fake copy from I do not know where.
I am thinking this becasue the bike has some green stains in the frame, like paint is going out. I will add pictures, Do anyone has an idea what this could be? Do you know how can I check if bike is original or not?
Have you experience any issue like this before?
Any help is very welcome.
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Looks like someone might have been a bit slap dash with some kind of lube.
It looks the same green as sturmey archer internal hub grease.
Might be Mangoo from previous owner. Was he chutney?
Yes, it looks like, but I can not see anything inside the frame, it could be cleaned before, maybe, becasue it makes totally senses as is only in thosep arts.
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So I called yesterday Trek and they confirm the Serial number is authentic at least I do not need to worry about that anymore.
But I still do not unerstand what the greed dots are, Trek told me to go to a deler to check the bike, I am planning to do this latter this week, my closest oficial dealer is 1 hour driving.
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Contact Trek Customer Service 01908 360140 with serial number. They will be able to tell you if you have a real or fake frame.
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