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Dane Buson
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gds <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm fascinated by all the reports of frame failures. Especially when
> not directly resulting from a crash. FWIW I have never had a frame
> fail. My frames over the years and apprx. mileage each.
>
> Schwinn Varsity (giving away my age) ~20 K
>
> Bottechia 1 (Steel) ~20 K
>
> Bottechia 2 (Steel) ~20k
>
> Litespeed (Ti) ~40K
>
> Pinarello (Full Carbon) ~ 2K
Hmm, I've broken 3 frames in 4 1/2 years. My list looks like:
Giant OCR2 - 11000 miles - Car accident (probably shouldn't count)
Surly Crosscheck - 13000 miles - dropout failed
Velosolex "Grand Touring" - 1500 miles - seat tube broke near BB [1]
Thankfully, I received a warranty replacement for the Surly, so I
didn't have to buy a new one. It's not like I'm base jumping with
these or anything. While I'm a little bigger than average, I'm
not in any competition with Chalo or Peter.
[1] I have pictures for this, and will have time to post a thread
soon. Honest.
--
Dane Buson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
"veni, vedi, nuclei deceiri - I came, I saw, I core dumped"
> I'm fascinated by all the reports of frame failures. Especially when
> not directly resulting from a crash. FWIW I have never had a frame
> fail. My frames over the years and apprx. mileage each.
>
> Schwinn Varsity (giving away my age) ~20 K
>
> Bottechia 1 (Steel) ~20 K
>
> Bottechia 2 (Steel) ~20k
>
> Litespeed (Ti) ~40K
>
> Pinarello (Full Carbon) ~ 2K
Hmm, I've broken 3 frames in 4 1/2 years. My list looks like:
Giant OCR2 - 11000 miles - Car accident (probably shouldn't count)
Surly Crosscheck - 13000 miles - dropout failed
Velosolex "Grand Touring" - 1500 miles - seat tube broke near BB [1]
Thankfully, I received a warranty replacement for the Surly, so I
didn't have to buy a new one. It's not like I'm base jumping with
these or anything. While I'm a little bigger than average, I'm
not in any competition with Chalo or Peter.
[1] I have pictures for this, and will have time to post a thread
soon. Honest.
--
Dane Buson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
"veni, vedi, nuclei deceiri - I came, I saw, I core dumped"