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Interestingly, these frames are also being sold under the "Thrust" brand on eBay, except the Thrust ones are advertising T1000 carbon, whereas the TideAce frames are advertised as T800.

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What happened? Did you end up building/riding the bike? Getting a replacement?  Not riding it?  These FM-R09 Tideace/Haideli frames have popped up all over eBay, and quite cheap too. 

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The carbon looks to be frayed at the top of the tube where it meets the cup. Then upon further inspection theres a "flap" of carbon that seems to delaminating from the section where the top tube meets the steerer tube section. I can't tell if this is critical stuff or just slack finishing technique.
My (Giant made) carbon Trek had less than stellar finish quality on the inside. My (made in Wisconsin) Trek OCLVs from 12, 13 and 15 years ago had even worse quality finish on the inside.

At least eBay + PayPal offers some short-term protection.  IMO, if a road frame is going to break anytime soon, it's probably going to do it within the first several weeks due to manufacturing error, as carbon has pretty good fatigue life.  I would thrash the bike to hell for the first couple weeks, and if it stands up, then the probability of breaking in the short-term future drops-off dramatically.  To be honest, what I'd be concerned about are the things we don't think about: Does the seatpost constantly slip? Do the cables rattle inside the frame?  Are derailleur hangers easy to find? Is BB fit good? etc. 

That said, just looking at their eBay photos, they didn't even have the pride to bother hiding the atrocious finish quality around cables.

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