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07-25-09 | 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by procrit

Refer to my original problem here: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...light=lbs+woes

If you don't want to read it, I basically bought a new Orbea Ora, found some shady parts on it, but in the end the LBS got me some new parts, and all was well... or so I thought.

Last night I was triple checking my bike setup, cables, seat, bolts, etc, and I find two hairline cracks on the drive-side seat stay. I have literally 200 miles on this thing, and it's already cracked. WTF... I bring it back to the bike shop, and it's now being boxed up and sent back to Orbea. I missed my race today because of it, and will probably miss the state TT two weeks from now unless something happens FAST.

Orbea better fix this quick.

Not that it is representative of the brand, but I sure have seen a lot of "Cracked Orbea" threads here and on other sites. Do they make exceptionally thin walls especially in the Orca model?

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