Been away for a riding weekend did the walna scar fantastic
then up to Dumfries for a couple of trail centres we had a great time but discovered this on saturday half way round kiroughtree when the monsoon hit on sat afternoon .
still rode it today at mabie and it held together just
I had plenty of seatpost inside so I hope the bike shop doesnt try the to short post comment .
Bike a pace 303 bought in 2008 am i right in thinking this has happened to a few of these frames
Nope no scullduggery the frame is a 17 inch I am 5ft 10 with 31 inch inside leg the seat post is 15.5 inches long with 7 inches in the frame .
bought in 2008 and did about 1000 miles including a trip to the black forest for a weeks riding
last year I bet I did not do 300 miles total
and this year so far abour 200 miles of which this weekend has been the roughest use this year .
will be down the bike shop tomorrow but my main problem is going away to Germany in 8 weeks for a riding hol and no bike to get a bit fitter on
so hoping for a quick resolution .
Hope you get this sorted.
My bike must be an impending disaster (3 year old 303, with an I-beam post and carbon bars)
but seriously, I think they ride beautifully, but 2 years normal riding out of a frame that costs the best part of £600? That's not good.
Real shame as well cause it was a hoot out on the trails. Not cause there was an issues with it, i just could`nt have 2 bikes doing similar things.
Also need the cash to build a new darkside tt bike.
My mate Phil had a 305 and his cracked round there as well. He is now waiting for the new version 325.5…..
Having just had an email from my LBS it would appear Pace say the 303 had a 2 year warranty so is a year out of warranty now I cant find out if this is correct as I have no paperwork .it is lost.
they have offered me a current frame but I need to send them £405 for the replacement .
any of you RC 303 owners got details of the so called warranty on them .
As househusband said, that happened to my large RC303 frame. The crack was in pretty much the same place:
I got mine replaced under warranty but it was less than 2 years old. You could always try talking to Pace directly though, in case they take pity on you…
if i wasn't in the middle of my exams i'd write you a nice email back pointing out the requirement for durability of goods under s14 of the sale of goods act 1979. but i am, so i don't really have time.
i suggest you look it up and quote that at them til they sort it out – 2 years is not long enough for something like that to last, the warranty is irrelevant and you don't even need an independent check as it's clearly defective.
If there is a history of these frames breaking in that place then you are looking for redress under sale of goods act not warrenty. You have to be able to show that it was a manufacturing fault – so a metallurgist / engineers report plus evidence of other frames breaking inthe sdame place that were replaced.
You have up to six years under SOGA to bring a claim of not fit for purpose.
I'd collect the evidence – present it to them, if they say no just do the small claims court thing it won't be worth their while defending it
Interesting to read this. My 303 cracked in exactly the same place as well a couple of years ago. Was within warranty period and they did replace it without too much fuss(had to send them the seat post too to 'prove' I had been inserting it far enough).