Originally Posted by
Flatballer
Pedal Force wants the bike back. At least they sent me a shipping label this time, so that saves me some money.
I'm not sure I want to send it to them. I'm gonna see if I can weasel some money out of them so I can afford to have a shop cut the mast, buy a seat collar, and buy a straight Thomson post, and then send them the cracked mast and binder for "analysis".
Disassembling, then paying to have it packed, then waiting on a new frame, then re-assembling, it's all a PITA. Not to mention the BB bearings are loctited in with some strong stuff, so I may not even get them out... BB30 is a stupid idea. I'm really close to just asking for the RS2, which is their older, standard frame, and I'll sell my BB30 Red crankset and buy a Force english crankset.
They said in my e-mail that this is the "first instance of a mast cracking on a CG1", except it has already happened to me once...
If you modify it, then your warranty would probably end unless you get an amendment in writing from PF. RTC's idea is sound, because you'd only be looking at one more rebuild, for sure.
Another thing, with the mast, the post went on the outside, right? If you cut it and try to put in a normal seatpost, the inside of the mast will be unfinished and will contribute a lot of stress risers when the new post tries to mate up in there. Are the diameters even right? You'd also be creating a clamp out of an area that wasn't intended to be clamped (I know you'll get an external clamp, but you're counting on bending CF that wasn't intended to do so).
I think if you just cut off the broken portion and use a much longer external post, then you haven't modified the frame (outside of expected adjustments), so the warranty should still be good. Maybe PF can give you a post?