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  1. Heres some pics of my broken KH frame. I was doing a flatland trick
    when i broke it.

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  2. Ouch, will there be any garantee on that or is it just tough luck?

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  3. Shame about that.

    but its clear that XTP is stronger.. espcially the new ones with a
    small gusset plate welded on the crown. no ones snapped the production
    xtps ever yet, maybe yoggi just snap the crappy first prototype from
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  4. I am telling you kh had mad booty frames dawg just hit up renegade and
    pick up a white russion for like 2dubs and a jackson(?) (50$).

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  5. How did you do it though?

    At least the weld held up fine. Just the metal above it stressed to
    much.

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  6. Sell it to me Jon!

    manicpanicmuni said:

    Shame about that.

    but its clear that XTP is stronger.. espcially the new ones with a
    small gusset plate welded on the crown. no ones snapped the production
    xtps ever yet, maybe yoggi just snap the crappy first prototype from
    like 3 years ago.

    Although true, they are awful for flatland.

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  7. i saw it after u broke that it and that is weird...
    do u think it broke due to your weight or your hardcore muscles?

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  8. A little back ground story would be nice. What happened ?😕

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  9. He did a trick it broke.

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    not gonna show you it tonight becasue I am going to play with it until I
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  10. wickedbob said:

    He did a trick it broke.

    No [censored].

    What trick though, and what extremities of the trick? Thats what we
    want.

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  11. Jerrick said:

    No [censored].

    *What trick though*,/ *and what extremities of the trick*? */Thats what
    we want*.

    Yes [censored].

    Flat land of some kind.

    I don't know.

    I knew that.

    Help any?

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  12. It was a step over with a unispin to the tire. So basically he was
    hopping on the cranks, did half of a leg around and stepped on the tire
    then the frame broke.

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  13. wickedbob said:

    yes [censored].
    flat land of some kind.
    i don't know.
    i knew that.
    help any?

    Not at all.

    Quoted message said:

    It was a step over with a unispin to the tire.

    Thanks, Spencer. Now it makes sense to how it snapped, and with tricks
    likee that, and the pressure points from the trick, its not really too
    surprising.

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  14. Jerrick said:


    Thanks, Spencer. Now it makes sense to how it snapped, and with tricks
    likee that, and the pressure points from the trick, its not really too
    surprising.

    He also had a stick in the seat post to strengthen it but it put all
    the force into that point on the frame.

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  15. Spencer Hochberg said:

    He also had a stick in the seat post to strengthen it but it put all the
    force into that point on the frame.

    yeah dont try to strengthen the seat post haha.

    But i still stand by the KH frame tho, its an strong, light, well made
    frame.

    Mine had been threw alot but i think the trick just gave the knockout
    punch.

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  16. manicpanicmuni said:

    Shame about that.

    but its clear that XTP is stronger.. espcially the new ones with a
    small gusset plate welded on the crown. no ones snapped the production
    xtps ever yet, maybe yoggi just snap the crappy first prototype from
    like 3 years ago.

    That's been broken as well. I saw Yogi break a prototype in a Koxx vid
    after lots of HUGE drops while at the Japan UNICON. Maybee they fixed
    it😕

    Another Koxx rider cracked one of the early production ones, never
    doing anything very big on it. Mentioned on here by Sponge. I thought
    it could very easily been a manufacturing defect on -that particular
    -frame and not representive of the frame in general.

    Both of those broke/cracked in the same spot as this KH.

    PM Kriss. He may replace it free or at a reduced charge.

    Jon Atwell said:

    yeah dont try to strengthen the seat post haha.

    It may have been because his "reinforcement" whent to near the bottom
    of the neck and did like Spencer said.

    How about this; find an tube the EXACT outer diameter as the inner
    diameter of the post. Stick the tube in the freezer overnight, then
    heat up the post w/ a torch or gas stove then quickly stick it in.
    Then don't put it in all the way to the base, leave an inch or two.

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  17. That is a good weld. The Aluminum tube itself snapped there. The
    manufacturere can't be blamed. If it wasn't overly abused or used a lot
    which caused fatigue then I would say that the Aluminum itself was
    defective. Maybe the Aloy was not mixed well or an impurity got into
    the tube at that place.

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  18. Unicorn said:

    That is a good weld. The Aluminum tube itself snapped there. The
    manufacturere can't be blamed. If it wasn't overly abused or used a lot
    which caused fatigue then I would say that the Aluminum itself was
    defective. Maybe the Aloy was not mixed well or an impurity got into
    the tube at that place.

    Unicorn

    Or....The frame was designed with too thin of a seat tube.

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  19. Or...as mentioned before...aluminum just doesn't handle repeated
    stresses well because aluminum has no fatigue threshold like steel
    does.

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  20. skilewis74 said:

    That's been broken as well. I saw Yogi break a prototype in a Koxx vid
    after lots of HUGE drops while at the Japan UNICON. Maybee they fixed
    it😕

    Another Koxx rider cracked one of the early production ones, never
    doing anything very big on it. Mentioned on here by Sponge. I thought
    it could very easily been a manufacturing defect on -that particular
    -frame and not representive of the frame in general.

    ahaha dont want to be pro XTP or anything but a proto doesnt really
    count - and joe hodges - the guy with the production XTP with a crack -
    hasnt actually broken the frame - was just a crack and he does go very
    big :P he came 3rd at fluck for trials so hes not exactly likely to
    have gone "small" on his frame?

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