dwatson

I had my bike for ride yesterday and the thing didn't feel right. It was make a weird cracking noise. After the ride I put the bike in the stand to check it out. What I saw scared the sh@t out of me. The down tube had started to separate from the bottom bracket shell. It was a Specialized carbon Epic.
So today it was new frame time. Went to the shop that shop me the frame 5 years ago, and he told me that it could be fixed. He also showed me a new in the box M3 Pro frame, and gave me a very good price. I will send the frame to be repair, lifetime warranty. Should I pick up the new old M3? Does anyone still ride the M3, if so feedback would be great.
Dave

Laggard

Stay away from carbon fibre.

Cyclepath

Yes, i've heard many horror stories about CF bikes. Also, like titanium, it's an environmental bad guy.

Whatever happened to the injection-molded plastic frames that were being shown a few years back?

jester69

I can see why CF is bad for the environment, not bidegradable, not recyclable, nasty chemicals, but why is titanium a baddie?

thanks,

Steve

Teski

Uh, if the Carbon Fiber frame has an issue, it's covered under warranty, so what's the beef? Besides, Carbon Fiber has come a long way. Early on there were a lot of problems, but not so much today. The USPS team rides on them just fine.

As for the biodegradability of my Trek frame, not sure why it matters...Don't plan on throwing my bike in the trash or the side of the road anytime soon. :-)

Teski

dwatson

Does anyone have any info on the Specialized M3 pro frame set. I tried to shearch but found nothing. I do know that it was the last of the metal matrix frame.
Dave

jester69

If it breaks beyond repair, will you be able to melt it down and make another bicycle? If in 50 years it no longer is used, it will still be here, taking up space, unable to be reused for any other purpose.

In any event, we all use plenty of stuff that goes to landfills, heck my computer is probably a worse hazzard than your Trek. Really, just was wondering what was so bad about titanium, seems that could be melted and reused?

peas,

Jester