Originally Posted by
Brian Ratliff
I know, right? Sucks because the bike is the first one I raced and it has sentimental value for me. I had always envisioned killing it with some cataclysmic race crash, not having it die quietly from a manufacturing defect.
This is good to hear. Leaves me wondering if this might have something to do with Trek's migration away from bonded alloy bottom bracket shells.
Will they not let you keep the old frame?
I talked with my LBS about Madones a couple of months back, asked how they were holding up and specifically asked about the bottom bracket. I wanted to find out if they have had any issues with them. The guy told me that a few (4 or so) years ago they did see two or three bikes that came in with your kind of problem, but the newer ones were holding up great. My guess is that since you are the original owner and I am sure you bought it from an LBS, you will be given one of the newer frames.