Your also not allowed to strip paint because the factory paint is what holds the frame together.
no, its more because i'm sure an idiot like mega-sand blasted his frame and blew a hole threw it. or someone decided corrosive acid might be a good thing to leave on the bike overnight to see if the paint will come off.
Your also not allowed to strip paint because the factory paint is what holds the frame together.
Wow, good eye there on the seat thing. How you found it is beyond me, but anyways....The whole paint stripping.modification thing is pretty standard, since retards have access to chemicals, it only makes sense. Sucks if you have a gawd-awful paint job (like me) on a light, but weak, frame (like me). The seat thing is f*cking ridiculous. What if you change the post? The seat is then theoreticall changed too.
I'd be interested to hear some clarification from Devinci on this matter, anyone sent an e-mail yet?
A lot of companies have their legal departments write up crazy things like this just to cover their ass in the event of an accident. When it comes to warrantying a frame, I doubt they'd actually void a warranty for changing a seat.