I've seen people get screwed out of Trek's "lifetime" frame warranty. My cycling buddy crashed in a paceline and was told he would have to purchase a new frame, which I understand. Here is the thing though...his bike completely was torn apart in that crash...it was in half, fork was destroyed. It happens and not many warranties will cover something like that...not really a bash against Trek.
BUT.... I had an accident with my friend's Hilsen....it came off from the bike rack (Yakima rack...long story but the rack is at fault) while I was doing 80 miles per hour on the highway. This isn't a lie either, I saw the whole thing in the rear view mirror as it happened. Thank heavens there was nobody behind me when this happened. The wheels, fenders, seat, brifters, and a pedal were destroyed, but the frame and fork, even handlebars, stem, and seat post made it with some scratches. He rides that frame today. I bought my Roadeo and paid under 4800 bucks for the whole shebang, with Ultegra 6800 and Rolf wheels. I'm not all that impressed with what my Trek store is selling for that kind of cash and I think I have a bike not only equal to their bikes, but a couple of levels better. If I was going to be forced to buy a Trek, I would be looking at the Domane or that Boone. Nice bikes....but I seriously doubt they would live through a fall off a bike rack like that Hilsen did. > > You may not like carbon, you may not like Trek. But at least those two > models are competitively priced with a lifetime warranty by a company that > will be there to stand behind it. > If I had an extra $5000, I wouldn't have an extra $5000 any more. > > Scott > Dayton, Oh > > > > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:45 PM, lungimsam <john1...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> They said its the best riding road bike they have ever made. Far out. >> Lifetime warranty.: >> >> >> http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/road/performance_race/emonda/emonda_slr_10_h1/?utm_source=bm23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=10.25+pounds+of+pure+performance&utm_content=Introducing+the+lightest+production+road+line+ever%3A+Meet+%C3%89monda&utm_campaign=20140701%3A+Consumer+Emonda+Launch+US >> >> >> -- >> 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 rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
