Gutted, 15k from home and half way down a nice wide and sandy trail my back end locked up and ground to a halt. First inspection looked like rear hanger failure. Then looked again and rear bracket (part of rear triangle) the hanger bolts onto had snapped and made a right mess with the rear derailer mangled up in wheel.
Managed to walk it to a Nat Trust car park and get collected by good old wifey.
LBS who supplied it (who are great by the way) are talking to UK distributor on Monday but havent seen one do this before.
I know there were some reports of early frame failures, but anyone else had a late 2011 one fail?
A think the rear derailier (XTR) may be damaged and a few spokes. Ho hum, was an excellent ride up until that point.