Bull****. Even expensive Trek bikes fail. Read this:
------------------------------------------------------- Michael D. Trost, * * * Plaintiff/Appellant, * Appeal from the United * States v. * District Court for the * District of Minnesota. Trek Bicycle Corporation, * * Defendant/Appellee. -------------------------------------------------------Michael Trost purchased a Trek all-terrain bicycle in 1991 and used it regularly until July 25, 1996, when he had the accident that gave rise to this action. He rode the bicycle approximately 35 miles each week during summer and ten miles weekly during winter, when he used chains on the tires to increase their traction. His rides included off-road trails and lasted up to five hours. The accident occurred as Trost was riding home from work along a path in a ditch. Suddenly the front end of the bicycle dropped precipitously. To him it felt as if the front of the bicycle had "dropped into a manhole." He was pitched over the handlebars and "knocked out," and he suffered injuries to his head, neck, and face. Later examination of the bicycle showed that the top tube of the bicycle frame had fractured near the point where it met the front steering tube. Trost claims that this fracture caused the accident.
Trost filed this action against Trek in January 1997, alleging that the bicycle was defective in design, manufacture, and warnings, that the defects caused the accident, and that Trek had breached its warranty.
Comparing a failure that's obviously the product of aluminum fatigue from 5 years of continuous use with crappola is just insane. I mean you did catch that he rode the hell out of this bike for 5 freakin' years before it failed prior to your posting it right? Aluminum frames unlike steel ones have limited life-spans, hence the mountain biking axiom "Steel is Real". This isn't supposed to be a secret.