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Old 11-09-08 | 11:32 AM
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Steering tube broke - what to do

Please take a look at the attached picture where my bike frame broke (I am not going into the details of how this happened). Is this covered by the warranty? How do I go about getting this fixed? Will I need to buy a new frame?

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The details of what you were doing to break your frame are important to knowing weather or not that is covered under the warranty.

What ever you did, musta been pretty hardcore. I am surprised your fork didn't break first.
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The details of what you were doing to break your frame are important to knowing weather or not that is covered under the warranty.

What ever you did, musta been pretty hardcore. I am surprised your fork didn't break first.
+1. jesus, that looks like the result of something pretty violent. almost looks like the steering column was torn out somehow.
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Sorry, it's not covered by the warranty. The good news is that you should be able to repair it with some duct tape!
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that's the head tube... and it's pretty obvious how it broke... bike was attached to car, someone forgot they were going into the garage..... obviously not a designer defect lol
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Homeowners insurance.....
Someone came along and did that to your rig.
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Someone came along and did that to your rig.
+1.

that or the garage thing. i've done that one.
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Old 11-09-08 | 12:01 PM
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please take a look at the attached picture where my bike frame broke (i am not going into the details of how this happened). Is this covered by the warranty? How do i go about getting this fixed? Will i need to buy a new frame?
1-no

2-you don't

3- yes
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Garage thing was the first thing i thought too.. especially since "i don't want to go into details" means "i effed up"
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Are there any circumstances where this sort of damage would be covered?
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Old 11-09-08 | 12:10 PM
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Another JRA* warranty claim.

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Are there any circumstances where this sort of damage would be covered?
Homeowners insurance if you specifically listed it in?
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Old 11-09-08 | 12:11 PM
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will JRA work?
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Originally Posted by Ben FR
will JRA work?
There is nothing you can do while riding to break a bike in this manner. Cervelo won't buy it.
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i'm just curious - how injured do you guys think I am given that this happened while I was on the bike?
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Old 11-09-08 | 12:22 PM
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also - would this be covered if the frame was carbon?
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Originally Posted by Ben FR
i'm just curious - how injured do you guys think I am given that this happened while I was on the bike?
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Is this covered by the warranty?
If you bought it from an authorized Cervelo dealer, talk to them. They may be able to get you an adjustment on a new frame, but probably not a free replacement. If you bought from anyplace but an authorized Cervelo dealer, there is no Cervelo warranty.

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Old 11-09-08 | 12:32 PM
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Old 11-09-08 | 12:33 PM
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i'm just curious - how injured do you guys think I am given that this happened while I was on the bike?
Stop trying to cheat Cervelo. Buy a new frame.
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Old 11-09-08 | 12:37 PM
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First of all, you need to provide more information as to what happened. That kind of damage pretty much never happens, so either you did something EXTREMELY ridiculous and got yourself into loads of injury (or not; there are freak cases), or the damage was deliberate.

Until then, I'm considering you a troll.
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