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Dave_B cracks lower chainstay


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By Ian_A - Posted on 20 February 2011

NB: Originally posted elsewhere on the Global Riders Network and appears via syndication.

* Edited due to some sound advice from another member that I hadn't thought of.

So Dave_B and myself head out for an easy GHS ride today. We were literally just cruising along not pushing at all (as Dave was a bit out of shape hehe). A few little rises off the water bars 2/3rd's of the way to the lookout and Dave manages to crack his lower chainstay, lucky it didn't happen on Bee's Nest or the Shaw's decent. So a nice cruisy Sun ride turned into a 5-6km hike a bike for Dave.
I searched online a bit and it turns out this is quite a common problem with these frames.
Hopefully he is sorted pretty quick with a warranty claim as the bike is only just over 12 months old and has been serviced twice in the 12 months by official dealers.
The crack is worse than it looks in the photo's and is broken completely in two and is all wobbly.

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As you mention there are quite a number of these, lots locally http://nobmob.com/node/10420

What model/year is it? There were a few 2009 Spark 60s (mine included)

I'd have hoped/thought they'd have fixed it for later models with the alleged stonger part.........

Most have been fixed fairly quickly.

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