Are there a bunch of name brand bikes that are junk? Watching fail videos...

.WestCoastHucker. · Dec 19, 2017

i've broken many of the best made frames on the planet. **** happens...

TheDwayyo · Dec 19, 2017

Manufacturer defects, such as hot spots when welding, can cause failures that are not indicative of the quality of a particular model, much less brand... Or more simply put; **** happens.

aerius · Dec 19, 2017

.WestCoastHucker. said:
i've broken many of the best made frames on the planet. **** happens...

Yup. I fully expect to break all my fun bikes at some point because that's what I've always done in the past.
It's only a matter of time before I do something dumb enough and/or screw up badly enough to write off the bike.

Picard · Dec 19, 2017

my buddy broke the cannodale Jerkyl on the same trail that I used all the time. He was shocked that the frame failed twice on carbon bike. Its carbon frame is so flimsy that it failed in same spot.

Picard · Dec 19, 2017

cannodale doesn't use any proven suspension system. Spectral use Horst link design. Cannonale use Chinese homegrown design. It is dismal design compare to Pivot, Santa Cruze or Horst, single pivot system.

127.0.0.1 · Dec 19, 2017

any bike not named GIANT

is junk

there.

JACKL · Dec 19, 2017

Cotharyus said:
Cannondale, cannondale, cannondale....hmm. Never heard of them. There was a brand a couple of years ago that sounded similar, but they had a bad reputation, and I kinda stopped hearing about them. I think they were called....Crackandfail? That sounds right.

LOL. Some may point out that Giant was able to surpass Cannondale in the sheer number of cracked frames. However that was only due to the popularity of the Anthem.

WHALENARD · Dec 19, 2017

127.0.0.1 said:
any bike named GIANT

is junk

there.

Fur shure

root · Dec 19, 2017

Lets not forget you’re specificly watching fail videos. For every fail you see theres hundreds if not thousand of hours of undocumented bicycles riden with no problems whatsoever. I personally have broken one big name brand frame and bent a couple name brand forks, cranks, cogs, saddles. Im a lightweight but these were used for trials, quite stressfull, and the frame failure came soon after i started playing with front tire hops, which stresses bike in a way they are not designed for.
I am impressed by my Voodoo i had that i replaced the midrange name brand frame i broke. That thing took a beating, dented tubes and all, and kept going!

Cotharyus · Dec 20, 2017

JACKL said:
LOL. Some may point out that Giant was able to surpass Cannondale in the sheer number of cracked frames. However that was only due to the popularity of the Anthem.

Quoted to a guy who has two broken Anthem 29er frames to his count

Yeah, the ratio of bikes sold to frames broken puts the title squarely on cannondale's shelf.

Picard · Dec 20, 2017

Giant use dwlink design.

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Mr Pig · Dec 20, 2017

127.0.0.1 said:
any bike not named GIANT is junk

We had a 24'' Giant kids bike that was junk. Dangerous junk.

291748 · Dec 20, 2017

Fleas said:
Frames breaking is not exclusive to cheap bikes.
I have had 5 big name frames crack, and I don't even really jump. AND I never weighed more than 190#.

Yup, same here. No jumps, no big drops, old man doing regular trail riding, broken a pile of frames, mostly big name and $$. Turner, Intense, Cannondale, Trek, Haro, Sinister, more Specialized than I can count on both hands...everything is going to break if you ride it on challenging trails regularly IME. Though I've gotta say I haven't yet broken a steel bike, though I've seen it happen to others.

tick_magnet · Dec 20, 2017

slapheadmofo said:
Yup, same here. No jumps, no big drops, old man doing regular trail riding, broken a pile of frames, mostly big name and $$. Turner, Intense, Cannondale, Trek, Haro, Sinister, more Specialized than I can count on both hands...everything is going to break if you ride it on challenging trails regularly IME. Though I've gotta say I haven't yet broken a steel bike, though I've seen it happen to others.

Were these reasonably new frames or after a few years? I am wondering if fatigue has anything to do with it, especially the aluminum frames.

291748 · Dec 20, 2017

Most broke within the couple years.

I used to go through 2-3 chainstays and at least 1 seatstay per season when I rode FSRs; the main frames would usually last 2-3 seasons. My current ride, I'm getting a full season out of chainstays, which isn't great but not terrible.

127.0.0.1 · Dec 20, 2017

if ou ahd GINAT, problems would not iccur, GIANT is lflawless
exacle ty like my typing.

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.WestCoastHucker.

TheDwayyo

aerius

Picard

Picard

127.0.0.1

JACKL

WHALENARD

root

Cotharyus

Picard

Mr Pig

291748

tick_magnet

291748

127.0.0.1

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