It was never replaced. I know he had a shop work on it once but the memory is hazy as it was a long time ago. Unfortunately the cro-mo chain stay cracked (he weighs 260 lbs). He sent in the fame but had to pay for a (then cro-mo) hoo koo e whatever frame which they sold him at reduced cost He cracked that in 5 months. The next one (warranty) lasted 3. They replaced that with a very nice Mt. Tam frame which was very generous of GF but he decided to sell it to cut his losses. Oh well.