They know about the issue, if they don't recall them properly and someone gets hurt, they should be sued.
It's the only way to prevent Beta testing on consumers.
Hopefully this is all under control now (as I fancied one)
But I may have to watch from the sidelines a bit
If the issue is one batch of poor welding as stated by the NP person above then its not really Beta testing, just bad luck.
Agree they should recall the frames in the poor batch to avoid injury though.
+1 dunstick
hotlines knowing and admitting there is a batch of frames out there with a potentially dangerous fault with them is seriously asking for trouble..
I hope they have'nt sold any in the states, if so kiss good bye to your company, homes and underpants if one snaps and injures a yank!
If I were hotlines I would be issuing a recall on that batch sharpish
+1 for Sodajim...
was tempted ...but, as difficult as it was, decided to wait until the first batch is out of the trails...
seems that it was a wise decision,
I had an "issue" with my blue pig from the first batch, and even with perfect warranty service from CRC, --thanks again !- it was really annoying..but at least not dangerous...
its still on my wishlist...but I´ll wait until problems are solved...
Also mine is broken, SX stay, not snapped fortunately, because i've seen the crack just in time.
A little disappointed, but i'm still thinking that the Mega is a great bike !!!!
I work as MTB Guide, and this season i've done about 35.000mt of climb during my Tours with this bike, and i've never found another "total machine" like this (up and down).
Fortunately, during the next 10 days i will not have MTB tours, so i hope i can replace it 
Cheers, Luca !!
cracked on the weld?
Yes, is the weld, a clear crack about 200 degrees around the stay....
I'll post some photo later !
as long as its a weld issue,no design fault.
hope the new uns are spot on with welding,as the frame sounds a winner on the ride front.
Glad you are OK funbiketrentino. So the recall hasn't happened. Just a matter of time before someone is hurt.
I would be looking for more than 2 year warranty, before they get my money.
Hopefully you'll be sent a properly welded frame replacement soon.
Here the photos.
I hope i can help someone else before a "drama"
Anyway, in the last 5 years, i had 3 snapped frames (MDE, Specy and now Nuke), and a broken suspension link (Giant Reign X).
I can just say that if you do a constant use of the bike, these things can happen !!!
not sure why a snapped chainstay would result in a hospital visit? On a bike with other things keeping the rear end in shape (as it is on a 4 bar bike) the bb drop (depending on chain length would determine how far) and you'd just grind to a halt. I ripped the entire backend off a canondale gemini and just stopped, without any real issues.
Snapped Cannondale by 5lab, on Flickr
The broken Mega chainstay somewhere up there ^^ in the thread was mine. Glad it failed during a slow part of the ride. I could not fault the way the bike rode, just seems I was unlucky with the batch mine came from. Anyway I am pleased to report the warranty was handled without any fuss or bother by Hotlines.
you the guy from the lakes Max?
Surely if there is a welding failure on the chainstays then this raises questions of the long-term stress integrity of the other welds of the frame? I wouldn't buy one until they are recalled and new frames are fatigue destruction tested. If there going to have a lot of potential warranty or even legal issues then I imagine this would be a prudent and cost-effective step to take. It would also better their image as a dependable, customer-focused brand.
some pissed up-drugged up welder methinks 
Blower - yes that's me. 'the guy from the lakes', not the 'pissed up drugged up welder'. Just to clarify
It looks like CRC should maybe have dragged another name from the past, and not 'Nukeproof'....
nay lad the welder on "Crack" at the factory they were made
whats that bit of tyre on the frame all about? (gary_C's pic)
I guess to protect the bb housing from rock impacts.
no idea if its actually very effective tho.
if a rock is big/sharp enough to damage the ally i would have thought it would go through a MTB tyre like its not there
Mine went the same way, cracked the c/s weld halfway through an uplift day at Cwm Carn. It was one of the first batch of silver ones, and had already survived a week in the Alps and several other gravity fed days out. Just got it back after a relatively quick warranty turnaround from JE James.
I went for a long/large as I'm 5'10/11 and wanted something stable and hooligan. Which it is. Geo is almost identical to a medium Orange Alpine, maybe 1/2 a degree slacker on the same tyres and fork. I had to loctite all the bolts, and I'm not massively impressed with the shock: it clunks into the first part of its travel and I want more damping, although the pro pedal on/off thingy is useful.
It climbs better than my old Norco which it replaced, but the rear doesn't track as nicely as something with a coil sprung horst link Oddly however, it seems to grip better on the off camber stuff, maybe due to that bolt through.
Bargain for the money really.
well it looks pretty mean so im gonna copy it
no mega so far...i´m just waiting until issues are sorted out...
but really can recommend this bit of tyre on the downtube..
i´m using an old downhill tube and it avoided two times a serious damage...
my commencals got some serious dents and scratches on the lower down tube,the tyre mod is a great idea but too late for me. 
Not sure if this has been posted already but Nukeproof are addressing the breaking rear triangle issue at least.
http://www.nukeproof.com/news/338-replacement-mega-chainstay
Thats great customer support.
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