Not two hours ago, on a trail that meanders through Leigh Woods, Bristol, which many of you will be well acquainted, I experienced a strange sensation - you know the one ... where your mind is unable to correlate its contents in slow motion, but aware at least that something is not quite right. Hang on I know what it is I’M NO LONGER ATTACHED TO MY ...KING BIKE. In fact I’m hurtling through the air like a tw*t.
The below will be the reason why!
Is an ATB/Whyte warranty up to much? I purchased the bike in 2007.
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**** me!
OMG :-O
caused by not enough seatpost in the frame
Root cause analysis = not enough seat post in that chap
How the hell did that happen?
what frame material?
dirtyrider - that's balls. I've been riding it like that for that last five years.
I've been riding it like that for that last five years.
and you wonder why it snapped 😀
JRA (just riding along)
TMP (too many pies)
dirtyrider - that's balls. I've been riding it like that for that last five years.
owned it for 5 years, how much action has it seen? that qud link carbon is sparkly new
2 posts in succesion saying not enough seatpost 😀
TMP (too many pies)
that's ace
We need evidence of the size of the rider before we start dissing the bike!
Not enough seat post and too many pies, schoolboy error.
i'd have thought the seat post would have given up before the frame if it was the seatpost!
That seat tube looks sharp - good job it didn't impale you!
It's seen a fair bit of action in fairness but I keep my bikes in good nik and generally ride my Cove HT in the winter.
Sympathetic crowd tonight then. 😀
I was lucky my gonads weren't left hanging off the top tube.
Wouldn't have happened if it had been made of carbon.
Oh - and not enough seatpost in the frame.
Do you have a photo of the bike pre-breakage?
i'd have thought the seat post would have given up before the frame if it was the seatpost!
nope. it's very possible for the seatpost to be below its min mark but the frame not able to handle the everage
Never mind
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FFS the seat post was just shy of where it broke - there was ample seat post. Someone talks cobblers then it spreads like wild fire in true STW fashion!
EDIT - cheers druidh
400mm length post for me every time. I want at least 100mm of post below the top tube/down tube interface.
EDIT: but then I am a short-arse
ATB were great when my Whyte 19 broke after 18 months.
Blimey! Gutted for you. If it's any consolation my Raleigh Budgie snapped in half while I was riding it, the head tube just came away from the rest of the bike...I cried.
Not enough seatpost and too many pies, I reckon.
FFS the seat post was just shy of where it broke - there was ample seat post. Someone talks cobblers then it spreads like wild fire in true STW fashion!
Like we said, not enough post.
Cool!
How much seatpost did it have in it? Do Whyte have an extra-long recommendation? Looks like at least 4 inches of post there.
Wonder which went first? Kinda looks like top tube? (seat-tube looks tear-ish, top tube looks crack-ish)
I'm "stocky" tis true ... but not that many pies!
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Exactly!deluded - Member
FFS the seat post was just shy of where it broke
Does the seat tube have one of those fitted shims by any chance?
Looks like too many pies to me.
a lot of bike companies give a minimum seat post insertion depth above which the frame will not be under warranty
FFS the seat post was just shy of where it broke
exactly, there is a weld point and a lot of marginally braced tube with little support.
On the positive side, thats one less ugly bike on the trails 😉
Your pointing looks fine but you need to sweep up them leaves off the wet decking; could cause an accident you know.
I don't see why it shouldn't be a warranty job, as long as any instructions re insertion were followed.
You have my sympathy! I would be p@@@ed off with that. Expensive bike no matter who or what is to blame. At least you weren't badly hurt!
Seatpost inserted well below the seat tube/top tube interface?
you can see the seatpost hardly went below the top tube at all
Seriously do people think there was not enough seat post? There's nothing marked on the frame in terms of minimum insertion and I can't see anything in the supplied literature. As I said the post was just shy of where it snapped. It's no big shakes to me, I'll have to see what they say.
It inserted into the frame so far -
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Sorry - but that's a classic case of too short a post. It really needs to be well below that top tube/seat tube junction.....
TandemJeremy - Member
you can see the seatpost hardly went below the top tube at all
POSTED 2 MINUTES AGO # REPORT-POST
It either did, or it didn't though. 🙂
Rider weight limit circa 17 stone.
I'd not ride a bike with that little post, couldn't you feel that flexing?
Seriously though I wouldn't, might just be me though.
Still think op is in the right, as long as he followed instructions.
That post does look a little short
It never flexed - and as I said I've had it at that height for 5 years. I thought there was adequate seat post but if not - you live and learn. Would it fail in that way though?!
I wouldn't be sending that last picture off with any warranty claim if I was you
(I'd also lay off the pies a bit 😉 )
There's got to be at least 12cm of post in the seat tube on your set up. I'd feel a bit aggrieved.
It's made me think twice about my own bike. I have 12.5cm of seatpost in the seat tube but it has a lot of seat tube projecting above the top tube.
Having said that I'm only 11 stone.
