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2013 Hafjell World Cup - Frame fail on step down
This was during practice on Sunday morning. So many people were casing this step down but this guy seemed to make it clean...until catastrophic frame failure. Don't know the riders name, but other than being pretty banged up he seemed okay and walked away.
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MeTheEstonian
(Sep 16, 2013 at 11:48)
Fuck it, i'm selling my fury..
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www.gtbicycles.com/gbr/2013/bikes/mountain/gravity/fury-alloy-frame
At the time of posting this, this link just sends you to "Ah Snap! Something went wrong!"
Let's hope GT make that page work again soon haha!
At the time of posting this, this link just sends you to "Ah Snap! Something went wrong!"
Let's hope GT make that page work again soon haha!
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it wasunt the fault of the bike during transit to the event that bike sustained a crack which weakened the frame casing this gap just meant that the frame snapped
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I heard during transit it suffered a dent.......in the headtube,.....so why did the top and down tube shear in half ????
piece of shite
piece of shite
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Haha! I watched this whilst the fury advert was up on the side !! On the plus side, that 380 is still in good nick!
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In engineering there has to be a balance between strength and weight. As bike frames become lighter more exotic materials and processes are being used in their manufacture and material wall thickness is being gradually reduced. The slightest scratch on the surface of a frame tube, like that sustained on uplifts, especially in high stress areas could cause failure in extreme conditions.
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GT manual says it is invalid due to:
1. Your bicycle has been designed for general transportation and recreational use, but has not been designed to withstand abuse associated with stunting and jumping.
This warranty ceases when you rent, sell, or give away the bicycle, ride with more than one person, or use the bicycle for stunting or jumping.
I think it is fair to say that he was jumping his downhill race bike.
1. Your bicycle has been designed for general transportation and recreational use, but has not been designed to withstand abuse associated with stunting and jumping.
This warranty ceases when you rent, sell, or give away the bicycle, ride with more than one person, or use the bicycle for stunting or jumping.
I think it is fair to say that he was jumping his downhill race bike.
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"General transportation and recreational use? Well I was just transporting myself down a world cup track!"
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Ya I mean look how hollow and thin it is, it may actually be made out of soda cans, i mean it honestly looks like it is
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In engineering there has to be a balance between strength and weight, as bike frames become lighter more exotic materials and processes are being used in their manufacture. With such thin wall thickness the slightest scratch on the surface of a frame tube like that sustained on uplifts, especially in high stress areas, could cause failure in extreme conditions.
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With all due respect that wasn't the smoothest landing, at the end of the day they are just bikes and coming up short on something that size isn't going to fair well for most bikes out there, and for all we know this isn't the first time he has cased/G'ed out and put extreme stress and pressure on that frame. I'm going to bet that bike has seen a few of those to collapse like that.
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but these bikes are built(or supposed to be) to take such beatings like that. My old bike has been through hell and back and doesnt even have cracks like that. And I know for a fact I didn't land ANY of my jumps smoothly. lol.
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It's not the smoothest landing for sure but it looks like it's quite a smooth way to come short. We don't know the full bike history but it's not a landing I'd expect a bike to snap from. Did much worse myself on multiple occasions and the bikes lived through. If your bike can't handle a fuck up every now and then, it shouldn't be called a downhill bike.
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If your frames cracked, especially if if your at this level it would of been swapped. Do you seriously think gt would of refused to give a new £300 ish cost frame to him know the implication of if it did fail?
It wasn't cracked, it's just the weakest part of his build, could of been a wheel, fork, bar etc.
More importantly Lorenzo is ok.
It wasn't cracked, it's just the weakest part of his build, could of been a wheel, fork, bar etc.
More importantly Lorenzo is ok.