Originally Posted by
Arrowana
I've come across hundreds of bonded Treks, never found one that was separating. Seen dozens of Raleigh Techniums, two or three had lugs starting to separate. Only seen a few Vitus 979s, one had a cracked lug. Given enough time, I'd expect that even the bonded Treks will start to fail, but we aren't there yet.
People occasionally say they see evidence of Technium tubes separating from the lugs. In the examples I've seen, when they've posted pictures, it has always turned out that all that had happened was that the cosmetic rings Raleigh used to conceal the lug-to-tube seam had come loose, with the lug/tube bond still intact.