Fat freaking crackity crack just got news not warrentied

[monkeymagic]

pictures in a minute jsut loading them on, but i just snapped my frame



just got the news form the shop.... they are not warrentieing my frame because they only have a 3 month warrenty...

[Jordy]

how ?

[lotec]

the onza?

[monkeymagic]

yes, riding it

http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=8834

im not exactly sure how it snapped all i know is that it is snapped :(

[lotec]

oh SNAP! :shock: is the downtube snapped as well?

[monkeymagic]

differnet angle....

http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=8835

[andrew]

closed throat? anyyone wanna explainineneeeee?

[monkeymagic]

i'd love to explain but i have no fucking clue at what point that it cracked!





i think ill sit here and have tears roll down my cheeks for a while *sniffles* now i gotta wait for ages to see if itll be warrentiable and if its not i am gonna have to somehow come across 900 bucks for an echo frame, if its not gonna be warrentied im not gonna buy another onza

[johnny]

My deepest condolences, that's gotta suck.

Had you just done anything harsh or heavy? How old was the frame?

[lotec]

its only a few months old isnt it? how is that not warrantieable, are they designed to snap in a few months? :? and the top tube snapping before the downtube, WHAT THE FUCK :?
edit: oh crap i jsut took a better look and realised it was the downtube :roll:

[monkeymagic]

i bought it at x-mas brand new...

no big stuff jsut before it, i dont really know what happened to break it...

hopefully i get warrenty


lotec thats the downtube... the bike is upside down....look at the forks and where the bars are...

[lotec]

*crosses fingers for you* :wink:

[monkeymagic]

*crosses fingers for you* :wink:

thanks, ive got them crossed to, i cant afford a new bike right now... goddamnitt why now, its the begining of the goddamn holidays... its gonan take them atleast a week to see if its warrentieable and then a cpl of weeks to get me a new one if it is...

[RaID]

looks like fatigue in the heat affected zone
if its only a few months old definately should be
a warranty job, it looks like a manufacturing fault

[monkeymagic]

looks like fatigue in the heat affected zone
if its only a few months old definately should be
a warranty job, it looks like a manufacturing fault

thats the first bit of good news i have had about this... thanks dude

[junior]

looks like fatigue in the heat affected zone
if its only a few months old definately should be
a warranty job, it looks like a manufacturing fault

thats the first bit of good news i have had about this... thanks dude

i just be god dam happy it didnt snap underneath u!!
not good really dangerous when it snaps underneath u cause your not ready for it and u usually end up goin face first :?
hope u get a new strong one :)

[Spoolin]

Damn, I just got the new model, similar frame design but a bit longer.

What sort of riding have you been doing? Trials or more bmx style stuff?

Seems strange, they did a large amount of testing on this frame.

[LEX]

That sux man. have u got anything to ride in the mean time?

[monkeymagic]

Damn, I just got the new model, similar frame design but a bit longer.

What sort of riding have you been doing? Trials or more bmx style stuff?

Seems strange, they did a large amount of testing on this frame.
nah man i have just been riding trials on it thats it...

That sux man. have u got anything to ride in the mean time?


yeah i borrowed a norco off my mate, i have a ryan leech for now.. .until he wants it back!

[Adi]

Ouch, that's gotta hurt man! Hope you get warranty on it, definately a strange place for it to crack that badly!

[lotec]

thats a big "crack" :)

[S.]

That should be a warranty case IMO - welding the end of the gusset like that (aka "closed throat" as andrew said) is asking for disaster; that's simply a design flaw/defect.

[monkeymagic]

even more good news :D well im taking my bike back to where i bought it today, and its going to be photoed(sp) and photos sent to onza then they decide if its under warrenty or not... if not Echo or Koxx here i come, but if it is warrentied i guess i have to wait for ages to get my new frame....

[Spoolin]

even more good news :D well im taking my bike back to where i bought it today, and its going to be photoed(sp) and photos sent to onza then they decide if its under warrenty or not... if not Echo or Koxx here i come, but if it is warrentied i guess i have to wait for ages to get my new frame....

I think it should be under warrenty for sure.

If you have a look at the Koxx and the Onza T-pro, they are identical design (I think they could be made in the same factory).
They have the exact same wheel base etc etc.

[something]

*crosses fingers for you* :wink:
and if they don't give you warranty you'll have to cross your fingers in a "west-side" fassion and get gangsta on their ass: pull out your gat and start bustin'

But seriously thats a BIG break/crack/hole.

[monkeymagic]

yeah i talked to the guy at the shop today... and he is really not sure about it, so he is taking photos and calling S.A and then the dealer in S.A is ggonna talk to the onza in the U.K and then i guess we shall see from there...

[olsson]

the long awaited process....

All hope on the warrenty though!

[lloyd¿?]

ha ha ha good snap, 8) have fun on marks bike

[floody]

Looks to me like the crack began where that extra dob of weld is, the one that sticks out where it should just curve around the back of the gusset (which it shouldn't anyway, but you know what I mean)..suprising there is a piece missing though ?!

[Kreaky]

looks like fatigue in the heat affected zone
if its only a few months old definately should be
a warranty job, it looks like a manufacturing fault

thats the first bit of good news i have had about this... thanks dude

and u can always trust RaID

[Spoolin]

I saw the frame today, it looks like you hit the frame hard, the frame has a large flat spot where you hit it.


http://img57.photobucket.com/albums/v175/spoolin_12/Onza.jpg :?

no warranty.

[monkeymagic]

yeah but the no warrenty is due to them not giving more than 3 months and they wouldnt anyway cos of the flatspot...

i am buying sams old brisa on saturday probably... so i will be in to manly on sat morning to get my bike and a new headset to build up sams bike with...

[jasco]

That sucks man, I feel for you. (My rear wheel has recently imploded and also can't ride)

[Tomas]

Stop Denting me? :wink:

Thats a serious bumer tho dude. Atleast you have got smthing to ride.