Originally Posted by
SkyDog75
Sorry to hear about your bike. More importantly, I'm glad to hear you're OK.
I hope you've contacted Jamis to make them aware of the problem. If you're the original owner, they'll likely take care of you under their lifetime frame warranty.
As for "Jamis owners beware"... Jamis doesn't actually make their own bikes. They contract production out to companies like Kinesis in Taiwan and China. If there was a design problem and the design was unique to Jamis models, then yeah, Jamis owners beware. But if your problem was due to a problem with the manufacturer's processes, materials, or equipment, it can happen to any brand made by that supplier. If you don't trust Jamis anymore and replace your bike with a Felt or a Trek, the frame could've been made by the same people in the same factory, with the same materials and equipment.
I did contact Jamis but they just sent a generic reply saying to contact the retailer. Retail manager looked at the frame and was in shock and offered to refund me in full, even though I purchased it a couple of years ago.
I am aware that almost all bike frames from the major manufacturers can be traced to the same 2 or 3 factories but I have scoured the internet to see if there were any failures like this one but came up short. I found hairline cracks in welds but not complete weld failures. Maybe it was a design issue, maybe they were trying to make the aluminum as thin as possible to make the bike lighter which therefore caused a weaker structure.... I'm not sure, but I'm just trying to warn others that may be riding this frame.