Originally Posted by
Leinster
All of this, especially the crash damage. On that basis Trek can just say "oh you crashed that" every single time a frame breaks. "My bb snapped," "oh you crashed that," "my fork did the splits in a pothole," "oh you crashed that," "my saddle fell off as I was rolling out of the showroom," "oh you crashed that, and we're gonna sue you if you say anything bad about our customer service to any of your friends."
Hey, they came through for me just fine when
the bottom bracket shell broke free inside my frame. Mid-tube breaks are always going to be suspect. The chance of this being a manufacturing defect is very small, and manufacturing defects are what the warranty covers.
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