right, i went into my garden to have a quick uni practise, i decided i’d try and get my treyflips back, and i did. I did 4, and on the 5th treflip i felt my uni give way underneath me, and at first i thought i bust another post. when i looked round i was shocked to see that my frame had snapped.
i’ve got some pictures but photobucket is being really slow atm, so i’ll put them up later…
Kris Holm contacted me about this. As its under a year old, if it is a fault in the weld i will get a replacement. I need to send it to UDC so they can verify if it is a weld breakage.
and am i really only the 4th person to break an 08 kh frame? thats prettty hardcore
If there is no crack across the weld then it isn’t a weld breakage. The welded material is stronger than the base metal, it looked like you sheared just below the weld. Tough luck man
There’s no telling how many other customers might have broken a frame but don’t read/post here. But I will assume not very many!
It seems some of those tricks put more stress on the frame than may have been realized. Especially with a long neck, which can add up to more stress on the spot where the metal is tearing/breaking.
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i got two small peices of metal added to the front and back of my 2007 frame, along w/ re-welding the break (it was the seatpost tube) for $50 from a guy who works at a muffler shop.
That sounds like what I was thinking. Sure welding aluminum takes a little more skill than steel, but it’s not impossible or even exotic. You should be able to find a guy to grind out the old bead, weld it back together, and then basically weld a Jubilee patch on there.