I'm in need of some sympathy

benno68

Having a nice ride to Ogmore yesterday, bike felt a bit strange after 20 miles, my mate noticed my back wheel wobbling so I stopped.

No problem with the wheel - but my frame is buggered AAARRRGHHH.

Seems like the bonding has failed where the chainstay meets the rear dropout on the driveside.

As the bike is just under a year old, I'm hoping for a warranty replacement. sob sob...

gtvlusso

Ugh - nasty, sorry to hear about your troubles fella.

Which bike?

Can you not fix it with some kind of goo based item from your shop....? :-)

gtvlusso

Benno68 wrote:

Seems like the bondage has failed where the chainstay meets the rear dropout on the driveside.

fixed that for ya.....

**someone was gonna do it.....

I am having a bad day, the tripe I am writing on here is keeping me sane!

meanredspider

If it's under a year old, unless there's signs of abuse, you should be fine. Good luck

Monkeypump

Hmmm... sympathy duly sent your way for the broken bike, but since you were at the beach and I wasn't, I take it all back out of jealousy!

Unless of course you didn't make it that far, in which case the sympathy remains!

mudcow007

you didnt ride a carbon bike in the rain did you?!?

on a serious note - man thats pants! fingers crossed the warranty replaces it

i feel your pain (in a way) i snapped my carbon bottle cage on the weekend i just pulled my bottle out an heard a crunch

joelsim

The warranty will have to replace it in my view

Kieran_Burns

gtvlusso wrote:

Benno68 wrote:

Seems like the bondage has failed where the chainstay meets the rear dropout on the driveside.

fixed that for ya.....

**someone was gonna do it.....

I am having a bad day, the tripe I am writing on here is keeping me sane!

I did notice your Freudian slip earlier where you typed "basque" rather than "bask"

I can only assume you were thinking of another thread at the time

gtvlusso

I had a bump on the head on Thursday - leave me alone you!!!!

:-) :-)

The Running Man

Hmm : exactly the same thing happened to my pal a few weeks ago. He was on a Merida (apparently they own about 20% of Specialzed) and the rear dropout just snapped.

No warning - no major bumps - and fortunately he was on a relatively flat road after just having come down a 50 mph descent 10 minutes earlier ....

Torvid

good luck, they should warranty it it's a defect after all.

the 2012 race is a nice colour scheme too

benno68

GTVLusso - your post made me smile in a time of sorrow. My beloved Cube.

EKE_38BPM

And people wonder why I'm not a fan of carbon.

You have my sympathies.

Paul E

Steel breaks too so does alu and all frames have the odd one with a manufacturing defect that gets through testing.

EKE_38BPM

I know steel and aluminium frames can break, I've broken both steel and aluminium frames in the last year, but both were at least 10 years old. Carbon seems to break for no good reason, on occasion, when still relately new .

The aluminium frame had done around 30,000 miles and the steel frame had a bent seat stay and had been ridden like that for a few thousand miles.

Paul E

I know of relatively new alu frames that have broken too, a sample of one is never a good indicator either way.

EKE_38BPM

Paul E wrote:

I know of relatively new alu frames that have broken too, a sample of one is never a good indicator either way.

I agree, but there seem to be quite a few threads on here featuring broken carbon.
Each to their own, but I think I'll stick to metal for my frames.

Paul E

Now I'm scared, mines got both in it

benno68

The Running Man wrote:

Hmm : exactly the same thing happened to my pal a few weeks ago. He was on a Merida (apparently they own about 20% of Specialzed) and the rear dropout just snapped.

No warning - no major bumps - and fortunately he was on a relatively flat road after just having come down a 50 mph descent 10 minutes earlier ....

Same here - it just went, it felt like the bearing of my bottom bracket had gone as pedalling felt lumpy.

I had been doing about 35mph on the A48 through Cowbridge not long before it went :shock: it's currently down to a single lane on that stretch too.

benno68

EKE_38BPM wrote:

And people wonder why I'm not a fan of carbon.

You have my sympathies.

Cheers.

If the warranty claim goes through ok, I'll get a repair/replacement.

If I was buying again and had the dosh, I'd seriously look at a Ti frame, I really like the look of Burls.

EKE_38BPM

I'm lusting after Ti too. I read about a company making magnesium frames a while back. They suffered a huge failure rate but this seems to be due to the design. If this got sorted I'd like to go for an extended test ride (about 5 years should do).

MaxwellBygraves

EKE_38BPM wrote:

I'm lusting after Ti too. I read about a company making magnesium frames a while back. They suffered a huge failure rate but this seems to be due to the design. If this got sorted I'd like to go for an extended test ride (about 5 years should do).

I'm guessing you'll be binning the carbon forks that come with 95% of new bikes then.

Obviously the few times that carbon frames break (like any other frame) you'll read about it on here - you don't get thousands of threads on here every day saying 'rode my carbon bike today - no issues'.

If I lived anywhere near London I would have no qualms about letting you take my bike for a short spin to 'convert'

cjcp

Unlucky, Ben.

You contacted the retailer?

desweller

Rode my carbon bike today - no issues

benno68

cjcp wrote:

Unlucky, Ben.

You contacted the retailer?

Yes - waiting on a reply - they've sent me a standard acknowledgment and said they should get back to me within 3 days.

benno68

http://www.flickr.com/photos/68014395@N06/6188058081/in/photostream#/photos/68014395@N06/6188058081/in/photostream/lightbox/

I need to learn how to post pictures - hope this works.

benno68

DesWeller wrote:

Rode my carbon bike today - no issues

I rode my Alu Giant - the carbon forks didn't fall to pieces - mind you, it wasn't raining today