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| 808.1 | Warranty????? | WITNES::MACONE | | Tue Aug 02 1988 17:32 | 4 |
| Since the bike is only 2 weeks old, isn't there a warranty in effect?
I recall that my bike came with a warranty on the frame for a year
or two. At the least, everything on my bike is under warranty for
the first month.
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| 808.2 | Out of luck this time | GENRAL::P_DUNN | | Tue Aug 02 1988 18:02 | 11 |
| If this is a aluminum VITUS, which I assume it is, your about to
experience one of the downfalls of this type of frame. There is
no aluminum frame yet, and for that matter there probably never
will be, that can be fixed by bending the frame back the way you
can bend a steel frameset. The problem is a property of aluminum
itself in that the strength of the material is severely decreased
after it has been bent. The only way to fix this type of frameset
is to send it back to VITUS and let them replace the tubes. From
the experience of friends of mine this takes about 3 weeks.
Paul
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| 808.3 | Crack in the dropout on the freewheel side! | HPSRAD::SMITH | Michael J. Smith, MRO 2-3 | Mon Jul 02 1990 12:09 | 23 |
| My 3 year old Specialized Hard Rock, after much hard off-road use, has a crack
in the dropout on the freewheel side. The crack is on the part of the dropout
between the chainstay and the axle slot. So now there is only one part, out of
two, of the dropout remaining to hold that side of the bike together. I'd say
you'd not want to ride this bike very far from the house (or very fast!).
Questions:
Has anybody had experience with a similiar problem? What did you
do?
Does Specialized have a frame warranty? I got the bike in Vermont and
will call the bike dealer a call when I and home and they are open.
Are there any frame repair wizards in the greater Boston/Marlboro
or even Hew Hampshire areas that anybody can point me to?
I'd like to try and get the bike fixed. I promise I'd not ride it too much off
road and then I'd be real nice and not stress the frame (or anything else) very
much. These days the bike is used much more as a city bike than a mountain
bike. It has fat "slicks" on it (IRC Metro's) and they are real nice for
Sunday rides around the Massachusetts countryside in towns that have not
overidden prop. 2 1/2 so that they can fix their town roads.
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| 808.4 | I've been down that trail before | GSFSWS::JSMITH | Chromed Cannondale | Mon Jul 02 1990 14:52 | 25 |
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>> Has anybody had experience with a similiar problem? What did you
>> do?
Yes - But it was a cheap ($250) bike.
Trashed the frame after numerous attempts to get
people to weld/braze it but car repair shops wont
work on CroMolly because they are not experienced
with it.
>> Does Specialized have a frame warranty? I got the bike in Vermont and
>> will call the bike dealer a call when I and home and they are open.
By all means put pressure on the Mfg. Cannondale now has
replacable hangers because of all the problems they have had.
>> Are there any frame repair wizards in the greater Boston/Marlboro
>> or even Hew Hampshire areas that anybody can point me to?
Yes, Peter Money at Belmont Wheel Works, but be forwarned
He's Expensive....how much do you love your bike....I couldn't
see spending $75 to repair a $250 bike....I sold off the components
and donated the frame to a guy that is making a coffee table
out of it :-)
_Jerry
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