Thread: SEQ MTB - rides and reports

Originally Posted by weeds

will see how it goes, at this stage we can keep MTB trips and reports in this thread.....the forum prefers trips and reports in up and coming events and trip reports......

happy to run with it for the short term and see how it goes........all depends how many trips are organised

So are you saying there is a limit on the number of new threads we can put in this Pedal Power area and / or users must post new trips and/or reports in this thread? Not trying to be difficult, but I like reading all the banter, or showing it to Kat at a later time, but it's gone now....

Man, I can't remember where to post the intention to go biking on this nuts forum! I do however, remember the last time I got out on ST......the shame.....it was on my last trip in Jan, to Mt. Joyce.....it's all very sad.....coupled with the fact that my well defended carbon Trek frame broke.....let me tell you about how I inadvertently discovered the previously undisclosed OCLV weight limit.

Anyhow - I gotta new one!!!! And the Scallop wishes to shake the gut, on the Joyce, this Saturday morn.....I'll be there...will you????

Originally Posted by Scallops

Man, I can't remember where to post the intention to go biking on this nuts forum! I do however, remember the last time I got out on ST......the shame.....it was on my last trip in Jan, to Mt. Joyce.....it's all very sad.....coupled with the fact that my well defended carbon Trek frame broke.....let me tell you about how I inadvertently discovered the previously undisclosed OCLV weight limit.

Anyhow - I gotta new one!!!! And the Scallop wishes to shake the gut, on the Joyce, this Saturday morn.....I'll be there...will you????

Do tell.

Cheers, Mick.

Originally Posted by Scallops

Man, I can't remember where to post the intention to go biking on this nuts forum! I do however, remember the last time I got out on ST......the shame.....it was on my last trip in Jan, to Mt. Joyce.....it's all very sad.....coupled with the fact that my well defended carbon Trek frame broke.....let me tell you about how I inadvertently discovered the previously undisclosed OCLV weight limit.

Anyhow - I gotta new one!!!! And the Scallop wishes to shake the gut, on the Joyce, this Saturday morn.....I'll be there...will you????

bit short on the notice.....

i have a roadie ride planned for sat morning........

its good weather for mt joyce...

Cripes Scallops! Do you have pictures? Where did it break?

I'm afraid I'm away all week end so I can't make Mt Joyce. To be honest I've been thinking about it a bit lately and I reckon I could have been convinced to turn up Saturday otherwise. Must do it soon.

James.

Thanks for the concern, fellas. Sorry to not have given more notice, but I didn't know when I'd get my bike back.....


It didn't exactly break; after having never washed it, I thought I'd do so to inspect the frame. First, I found a paint chip under the down tube (in front of the BB area) which was in fact a bit of a crater. Then, on the seat mast at the front, I found a 5mm long black mark under the clearcoat in the paint.

I showed it to the dealer - they warranted the frame and I get the new built bike this morning.

I'm not sure if the seatmast thing was just a paint defect or the start of a crack. It didn't creak or sound dull when taped with a coin, but if they want to give me a new one that's fine with me.

I have some carbon armour to apply to the new beast, so stone chips should be eliminated. The new frame also has some heavy duty carbon reinforcement in around the seatmast so maybe Trek recognised this issue.

Ah well - at least you got to test the warranty out, and got a good result .

James.

Originally Posted by rainman

Ah well - at least you got to test the warranty out, and got a good result .

James.

Yep - my 2nd experience with Trek's great warranty too. Trek upgraded my XTR brake blocks to the ones with cooling fins! A believe the term is Pimped....

My new frame looks beautiful too...