I used to see them fairly frequently. Thinking about the crack-issue I've not seen one for years now.
Do they all live in a certain geographic area?!!!
This morning as I left the house.
That could be because I own one, though.
Tuesday and I dont own one
Mate has one. I did have one. Great bike.
South East mostly probably (they are a pretty expensive option) 😉
(it was only a batch of the 30's that had the problem wasn't it)
I sold one a couple of years ago, was too small and wasn't as good as I expected it to be.
South East mostly probably
Ahem...
Last one I saw went back under warranty:
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The owner had had the same problem with 3 of them!
It was the older ones that cracked, the ones with 4.5" maximum travel and the round seat stays.
Edit: Like the one in the above pic...that's as old as the hills, it hasn't even got the machined bearing covers.
There's a lovely green one in my garage. I mustn't have ridden it enough to crack it yet!
When I lived in the SE I owned LOADS of Rocky mountains. now I own none that I'm t'up north 😆