Sheared pop rivets.Help

bigunslow
bigunslow Posts: 3
edited September 2014 in Road general
Hi all, first time post, desperate for some advice. Out yesterday, going up a steepish incline, dropped to my lower chainring, an almighty clatter and lock up. Stopped and noticed my front deraillier?had gone wonky. Noticed that 2 of the pop rivets had pulled out of the frame and the bracket attaching it was bent. Managed to disconnect chain, remove bracket and get home. The question is, will this be catastrophic for the frame, the holes revealed look clean and I can't see any splitting on the edges. Going to take it to the shop at weekend for their opinion just looking for any opinion from here. Bike is Spec Roubaix with new Sora not that I think that matters. The frame was new 6 weeks ago built up at the shop as the last one cracked on the chain stay. Thanks for your imparted collective knowledges in advance.

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  • pak-man
    pak-man Posts: 76
    I had this happen to me earlier this year. One rivet was sheared and two others were loose but I didn't have a bent bracket. I was also worried the frame was a write-off. Anyway, took it to my bike shop and they fixed it without any fuss, said it was quite a regular occurrence. That was probably four months ago and the bike has operated perfectly since.
  • wishitwasallflat
    wishitwasallflat Posts: 2,927
    Take it back, lifetime warranty on Spesh frames for original owner. If its just the rivet they will replace it if frame is damaged they will replace that. Main advantage of buying Spesh of you ask me.
  • bigunslow
    bigunslow Posts: 3
    Cheers chaps, you have given me a good feeling about it now. Will update post weekend on result.

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