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Old 10-17-24 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Biketek
One picture too many. Sorry but the top tube being so buckled is the result of a front impact and not of a heat treatment defect which could have caused the main frame joint failures.
You should be ashamed of yourself for posting this and blaming a manufacturer defect.
The damage is most likely a result of driving into a garage or similar low hanging barrier with the bike on a roof rack as someone else mentioned.
Whatever the true cause the top tube bucking is only from impact and not metal fatigue, metal failure or a welding or heat treating process error.
Did you join just to resurrect this necro post?

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