Originally Posted by
Scummer
What a coincidence. 2007 5.2 Madone here as well. Same exact problem. And yes, Trek replaced it with a 5.9 frame. I just brought the Trek store the frame and they replaced it. Took roughly 4 weeks.
That is exactly what happened with me. When I finally found the problem, I just took the frame in, they sent it off to Waterloo, and I had a new frame a couple weeks later. I then had to wait a bit to get a bottom bracket and headset that fit the bike. Apparently the "BB90" bottom bracket and the top cap of the headset are custom. I don't think the headset bearings themselves are custom though, just the top bearing cap.
When did your frame fail? I was told the 2011 4.x series was now the most equivalent tech to the 2007 5 series Madone.
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