Originally Posted by
StanSeven
And rightfully so. roadwarrior makes an excellent point about fast and light equipment won't last as long as more sturdy, heavy equipment. Yet bike manufacturers use the same language in all their warranties.
Yeah, but that gets to be a problem in buying this stuff, too. I'd like to get a better lighter bike, but hate to pay $5,000 and then have the manufacturer say "Screw you" when it falls apart under me. If it's cheap crap, you figure you get what you pay for and if it falls apart, tough. If it's high-end stuff, you expect the manufacturer to stand behind the product. But when it's high-end stuff, and the manufacturer's warranty basically says "Oh, this is cheap crap that's going to fall apart under you", I'm not real motivated to pay the big bucks for that.
I ran into that with my Raleigh- rear wheel fell part after about 4,000 miles, and yes it was "just riding along", on a bike trail, riding a bike that is supposedly a touring bike.