What to do in the case of an accident (discussion)

As I understand it you can't really asses the integrity of crabonz stuff like you can with metalic materials; where an alu tube will dent or bend in an impact, a carbon structure might not show any surface damage at all, but be seriously compromised in strength.

So any shop that's happy to say 'this is fine' because they can't see any evidence of damage is opening themselves up to an insurance claim should it turn out to be...not fine. The stock response should be 'we didn't see the crash, all carbon parts should be replaced'.

A relatively innocuous incident I was involved in ended up requiring new carbon forks and bars (frame was steel).

However if you know the incident was minor and if you are happy to continue riding the bike then that's your choice.