Frame failures.

supersonic
supersonic Posts: 82,708
edited November 2014 in MTB workshop & tech
This usually happens when the bearings seize - the stress is transferred to the stays, fatigues them then pop.

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Nope.

    As above or just fatigue in interesting designs. trek. Cough cough.
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  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    I cracked the seat stays on my Trek!

    Never noticed any sort of correlation though.