Have you ever broken a frame? If not, answer anyway!
bails87
Posts: 12,998
Following on from another thread, let's try to find out how many broken frames us Bikeradar-ers have had.
Now it won't be perfect because it won't take account of the length of ownership, but I reckon if we keep it in a standard format and just add your own numbers into the original quote and then if we only get 3 responses I'll add them up, if we get lots they can go into a spreadsheet!
So, use the format....
So if you had 4 'proper' bikes:
-one was a Boardman that randomly snapped and so was replaced (2 frames in total),
-one was a Commencal that snapped at the chainstay (known issue) and was replaced (2 frames)
-one was a Carbon Zaskar that failed due to a known problem and was never replaced (1 frame) and
-one was a Spesh that was fine (1 frame), your post would look like:
So, mine is...
2 'proper' bikes owned, and no failures.
Now it won't be perfect because it won't take account of the length of ownership, but I reckon if we keep it in a standard format and just add your own numbers into the original quote and then if we only get 3 responses I'll add them up, if we get lots they can go into a spreadsheet!
So, use the format....
Username*Number of frames owned*Number of random failures*Number of known issue failuresSo quote this post, remove everything outside the [code] tags and add your own numbers on a new line.
So if you had 4 'proper' bikes:
-one was a Boardman that randomly snapped and so was replaced (2 frames in total),
-one was a Commencal that snapped at the chainstay (known issue) and was replaced (2 frames)
-one was a Carbon Zaskar that failed due to a known problem and was never replaced (1 frame) and
-one was a Spesh that was fine (1 frame), your post would look like:
User*6*1*2
So, mine is...
Username*No of frames*No of random failures*No of known issue failures Bails87*2*0*0
2 'proper' bikes owned, and no failures.
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i had a bike with 2 wheels and broke the frame
i've had two i've broken the forks on0 -
5 Proper bikes owned 1 failure
cannodale CAAD 2 used for street in a 16" version creased it at the weld on the rear seat stay. didn't look good
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Username*No of frames*No of random failures*No of known issue failures Bails87*2*0*0 Thewaylander*5*1*0 .blitz*8*0*0
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Username*No of frames*No of random failures*No of known issue failures Bails87*2*0*0 Thewaylander*5*1*0 .blitz*8*0*0 stubs*13*1*2
2 known failures were Commencal Super 4 top tube weld well known Commenfail problem
1 random failure was a cracked chainstay to BB weld on a steel Stumpjumper many moons agoFig rolls: proof that god loves cyclists and that she wants us to do another lap0 -
hmmk.
cee*4*1*0
Just counting proper bikes...
06 spesh hardrock - still going strong. My girlie uses it now
03 Orange Patriot - Broke.
02 Orange 222 - I got it recently..looked like it had been ridden for a year..
2010 Orange Crush - The frame upgrade deal from Orange for breaking their patriot.Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.
H.G. Wells.0 -
aside from telling us you broke a bike, how? what style of riding. Riding XC never broken a frame. But then I have never owned a super light frame, nor am I a 6.6ft 15st monster. Noticed quite a few tall guys who have owned carbon frames have broken them.0
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FinbarSaunders*11*3*0
My first frame failure was a crash when a pedestrian ran into the side of me and the frame cracked at the seat stay. That was back in the '80s and I just had it repaired.
The second was a second-hand low-profile time trail bike I bought, late 80's. It was probably neglect on the part of the previous owner (and me). I just had it fixed as well. I sold that bike to a friend back in '98 and he still has it in his shed and still rides it occasionally so it wasn't totally neglected.
The third was a hairline crack in a weld at the top of the seat tube/top tube of a Ti frame. As it came with a lifetime warranty I took it back to the bike shop and the frame was replaced.
I don't know if any of these were known issues.
I'm assuming you meant all bikes owned and not just mountain bikes? If it is just MTBs change that to FinbarSaunders*1*0*0No-one wanted to eat Patagonia Toothfish so they renamed it Chilean Sea Bass and now it's in danger of over fishing!0 -
Bails87*2*0*0 Thewaylander*5*1*0 .blitz*8*0*0 stubs*13*1*2 cee*4*1*0 Toasty*6*1*1
Only really included mountain bikes, specifically ones I rode a fair amount
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Joshtp/mbukman*5*1*0
hit a tree on my old GT, and bent the seatstay pretty bad, kept riding, was really bent by the time i got a new frame!I like bikes and stuff0 -
surreyxc wrote:aside from telling us you broke a bike, how? what style of riding. Riding XC never broken a frame. But then I have never owned a super light frame, nor am I a 6.6ft 15st monster. Noticed quite a few tall guys who have owned carbon frames have broken them.
I'd assume there is a degree of common sense involved, i.e. frames broken while being used appropriately- not freeriding on a scott scale! I imagine that isn't the sort of thing bails is looking for. (edit- missing some words!)
Anyhoo, I had a pinnacle hardtail which had some issues with the join between the carbon and alloy bits of the seatstays...Bails87*2*0*0 Thewaylander*5*1*0 .blitz*8*0*0 stubs*13*1*2 cee*4*1*0 FinbarSaunders*1*0*0 bike-a-swan*4*1*0
Rock Lobster 853, Trek 1200 and a very old, tired and loved Apollo Javelin.0 -
8 breaks, out of 43 frames so far. Very biased spread of people, but interestingly 18% roughly
Bails87*2*0*0 Thewaylander*5*1*0 .blitz*8*0*0 stubs*13*1*2 cee*4*1*0 FinbarSaunders*1*0*0 bike-a-swan*4*1*0 Toasty*6*1*1
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I was hesitant on Joshtp's as he said he rode into a tree? :P Didn't really strike me as being a failure on the frames behalf.0
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Bails87*2*0*0 Thewaylander*5*1*0 .blitz*8*0*0 stubs*13*1*2 cee*4*1*0 Toasty*6*1*1 FinbarSaunders*1*0*0 bike-a-swan*4*1*0 Joshtp/mbukman*5*0*0 Thread8*2*1*0 Missustoast*3*0*0
Added the missus to sway the balance back to reality a bit. It's still a lot, I'm not sold for an instant on the "1%" estimates. I think they'll be very selective on what they count in that figure, much like police crime figures :P
Catch less criminals = less arrests = lower crime rate, hurrah!0 -
ride_whenever*8*2*0
First failure was on an old steel townsend, an old but proper steel mountainbike, bent the frame doing a 1' drop to flat. Second was a carrera vulcan that I bent the forks on doing a slightly bigger drop.0 -
alfablue 8*0*00
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Username*No of frames*No of random failures*No of known issue failures Bails87*2*0*0 Thewaylander*5*1*0 .blitz*8*0*0 stubs*13*1*2 cee*4*1*0 Toasty*6*1*1 FinbarSaunders*1*0*0 bike-a-swan*4*1*0 Joshtp/mbukman*5*0*0 Thread8*2*1*0 Missustoast*3*0*0 ride_whenever*8*2*0 alfablue*8*0*0
Can new posters include the previou slist please. So we end up with one big list at the end, rather than a load of seperate posts.
Thanks for answering though guys.0 -
surreyxc wrote:aside from telling us you broke a bike, how? what style of riding. Riding XC never broken a frame. But then I have never owned a super light frame, nor am I a 6.6ft 15st monster. Noticed quite a few tall guys who have owned carbon frames have broken them.
me. 12 and a bit stone 5'10
broken bike Orange Patriot, coil shock.
how did it break...good question.. that bike got ridden at places like glentress for trail stuff, inner and fort william for dh stuff and over several munros for big day out stuff.
all of which are well within the guidelines for that frame, which was an 18" frame...i.e. wasn't too small for my size and weight etc.
it was an 03 frame...maybe fatigue in the weld? anyhow...orange were really good about it...basically got offered any frame that they had in for a decent discount....but had already acquired the 222, so went for a 2010 crush instead.Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.
H.G. Wells.0 -
Username*No of frames*No of random failures*No of known issue failures Bails87*2*0*0 Thewaylander*5*1*0 .blitz*8*0*0 stubs*13*1*2 cee*4*1*0 Toasty*6*1*1 FinbarSaunders*1*0*0 bike-a-swan*4*1*0 Joshtp/mbukman*5*0*0 Thread8*2*1*0 Missustoast*3*0*0 ride_whenever*8*2*0 alfablue*8*0*0 MountainPete*2*0*0
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OK, so i bent it riding into a tree, but i was a SLOOOOOOW speed crash, and nothing major, was really suprised it bent. I like bikes and stuff0
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Does it matter that mine wasn't actually my bike?0
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MountainPete wrote:
Username*No of frames*No of random failures*No of known issue failures Bails87*2*0*0 Thewaylander*5*1*0 .blitz*8*0*0 stubs*13*1*2 cee*4*1*0 Toasty*6*1*1 FinbarSaunders*1*0*0 bike-a-swan*4*1*0 Joshtp/mbukman*5*0*0 Thread8*2*1*0 Missustoast*3*0*0 ride_whenever*8*2*0 alfablue*8*0*0 MountainPete*2*0*0 Popstar*3*0*0
What could have been (Video)
I'll choose not put too much stake into someone's opinion who is admittingly terrible though0 -
Username*No of frames*No of random failures*No of known issue failures
Bails87*2*0*0
Thewaylander*5*1*0
.blitz*8*0*0
stubs*13*1*2
cee*4*1*0
Toasty*6*1*1
FinbarSaunders*1*0*0
bike-a-swan*4*1*0
Joshtp/mbukman*5*0*0
Thread8*2*1*0
Missustoast*3*0*0
ride_whenever*8*2*0
alfablue*8*0*0
MountainPete*2*0*0
Popstar*3*0*0
RC76*3*1*00
