60cm frame, cracked drive-side chain stay immediately behind BB shell. It’s just under three years old, and has had a relatively gentle life as a winter road bike with the occasional summer outing on smoother Pentlands trails. Never raced, never crashed.
I’m not given to hyperbole or getting emotive, but right now feeling down in the dumps.
Warranty is from original purchase date (as a general rule) so if you get a new frame on the last day of your 5 year warranty (for example) then you have no warranty for the replacement.
Do you think it would be an option to just get a refund?
Vortex – I’m not sure how much confidence I’d have in a V2 frame with pretty much no warranty left. Kinesis may have reinforced the down-tube given other failures reported here, but mine went at the CS/BB.
This is the first bike I’ve ever had which has had a broken frame.
So what happens if a frame bought second hand or swapped to get a better frame fit cracks?
With most manufacturers the warranty is with the original purchaser and not the bike so if you bought it second hand you’ll not have any warranty, unless you can get the original owner to submit a warranty claim for you which is a bit naughty 🙄
My V2 has been built up for a few weeks – had to swap the cables for new as the internal routing takes a longer path.
Went for Jagwire in the end – seems good enough.
Been out for a few road rides, and a nice CX ride..
To be honest, it rides just like the V1!
I do like the neatness of internal routing, but it’s not a game changer for me.
One sore point – clearly the V2 is designed to use the bolt through rear – I’ve the QR dropouts, and unless I’m being dumb, you can’t ‘drop’ the wheel out without fully removing the QR lever as it catches on the dropout…hmm…
Not for the 45mm guards sadly and hasn’t had them for a while. Funny actually as am just fitting them to my Escapade town bike after they have been hanging in the garage for 2 years. 🙄
Loving my V2 so far. Messing about with some old bits before chopping the forks down and final gear choice.
I’ve ridden many bikes, lots of Ti, but this just feels right. Weirdly very quiet, extremely comfortable, it’s almost has a “cocky” attitude.
Cross tyres on next, and has anyone seen the larger PDW guards on sale anywhere?
I was after the same so wrapped mine with 10mm wide reflective black 3M tape and they don’t look too bad – and obviously have a safety benefit at night. Quite pleased with the result but think I really needed to use a 12mm wide tape to completely cover the circumference of the stays. Got it off eBay if it’s of interest.
Thanks for sharing my blog was a great trip if challenging at times! Was hoping to do the ride on my Tripster V2 but it only arrived today. Super excited by my build on the V2, trying it with 650b to start with, 1×11 Sram force and a set of Ritchey venture flared bars as never quite got on with the midges’ shape. Looks amazing can’t wait to try it out later this week and to share some pics.
Gonna be listings some parts for sale I’ve swapped out on my tripster shortly, DuraAce Cranks 50/34, DuraAce front mech, Thomson Carbon road bars, Deda zero 100 seatpost/stem/bars
I’m currently Tripster-curious (new bike time always coincides with dark winter months). But I’ve got a couple of concerns / questions:
– the 3yr warranty seems very short (both my carbon bikes have lifetime frame warranties). What’s the feeling on this?
– what are the typical weights of some of the lighter builds?
Hi,
just some quick photo of my new Tripster (it’s a V1 frame). I wanted to share them here because I bought the frame after reading this forum. I put 650B wheels (even if V1 frame is in theory 700c only) with Rock ‘n Road tyres (amazing).