Given enough time and use anything and everything will fail. Nothing lasts forever, even cold November rain.
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Ryan <[email protected]> wrote: > Sure...steel bikes break too.Thank goodness the guy wasn't > seriously hurt. I have every confidence that if he contacts Rivendell, > they'll do the right thing depending on the circumstances. If you read the > warranty on their site, it's not a blanket X-year frame guarantee , but > they will treat the customer fairly . It would be interesting to know what > the story is, though. > On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 12:29:14 PM UTC-5, Anne Paulson wrote: > >> He's the original owner. I haven't talked to him, so I don't know whether >> he is asking about warranty. I imagine he would be calling up Riv to see >> about getting a new fork, whether under warranty or not. >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:23 AM, RJM <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is he/she the only owner of the bike and if he/she asking about >>> warranty? Just curious. >>> >>> >>> I've seen a few fork breakages...the carbon one scared me the most as it >>> was totally catastrophic. Steel can break, especially if the bike wasn't >>> rust proofed on a regular basis. >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 12:04:47 PM UTC-5, Anne Paulson wrote: >>> >>>> Here's an odd thing. >>>> >>>> Yesterday I heard of a fork breakage. I belong to a bike club with >>>> about a thousand members. The majority of members, and certainly the large >>>> majority of members who ride a lot of miles, are on carbon fiber bikes. >>>> >>>> Yesterday, I heard of a fellow member's fork breaking. But it wasn't a >>>> carbon fiber fork. The bike was a custom Rivendell. I haven't heard of >>>> anyone in my club having a carbon fiber fork break, even though there are >>>> probably six members with Rivendells and six hundred with carbon fiber >>>> bikes. >>>> >>>> Happily, the rider was not injured. The fork broke at the fork crown. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- Anne Paulson >>>> >>>> It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- Anne Paulson >> >> It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
