me. at yard in Walnut Creek, California, United States - photo by nwatkins

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Album: Bikes-and-such
Category: Broken Bikes/Parts
Date Posted: May 6, 2009 at 19:19
May 6, 2009
Location: Walnut Creek, California, United States
Trail: yard
Riders: me.

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raybao (May 6, 2009 at 23:13)

Bummer!!
Enough botched 360s and this is what happens...
Good thing is it's a super clean crack right on the weld near the seatstay/TT junction. This is something that's almost always covered under warranty.

Good luck! Lemme know how it turns out.
I was just about to buy an NS frame...

demosrule (May 6, 2009 at 19:37)

dont ride it if its like that, youll end up breaking it when your doin somethin big and will end up mostly likely very bad.

nwatkins (May 6, 2009 at 19:41)

I'm not going to let a tiny crack stop me from riding.

mikedjumpin (May 28, 2009 at 11:51)

its a stress crack its fine, and its in a place where it always happens and ive never seen a frame snap there

theminsta (Jun 13, 2009 at 11:15)

demosrule: please visit this http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3570379/#cid4046288

theminsta (Jun 13, 2009 at 11:16)

My bad, I meant here.

t-sashaw (May 6, 2009 at 22:42)

ouch, you contacted NS yet?

ofca (May 7, 2009 at 1:35)

just get a new frame for free

nwatkins (May 7, 2009 at 18:13)

thats the plan

NS is such a legit company.

george91 (May 7, 2009 at 5:53)

Damn, welcome to the club, you'll get a free one anyways though.

kajtek007 (May 7, 2009 at 8:26)

I never noticed how bright the frame color actually is. sucks about the crack but if you warranty its all good

teamn2 (Jun 26, 2009 at 0:30)

how small of a seat post are you running?

nwatkins (Jun 26, 2009 at 1:03)

Just about 2 inches of post inside the frame.

teamn2 (Jun 26, 2009 at 1:16)

that can help cause the cracking too i was talking to this bmxer guy at the skate aprk ans he was saying he has cracked 3 frames from running too short of a seat post so i would rather just leave it at like 4 inches the drill it out if your a wieght weenie

nwatkins (Jun 26, 2009 at 1:37)

I figured that might of had something to do with it. Oh well...

teamn2 (Jun 26, 2009 at 11:48)

nice

jackthemaniac (May 6, 2009 at 19:27)

wattt that sucks

dh-kevin-dh (May 6, 2009 at 20:27)

life sucks warranty doesnt!

iggz (May 6, 2009 at 22:00)

get it welded lol steel isnt sketcheh

nwatkins (May 6, 2009 at 22:52)

...or just get a brand new frame for free. haha I got lucky its like 20 days before the full 1 year warrenty expires and they cover shit like this.

suburbanrider (May 7, 2009 at 1:00)

Bad bad times. I might check mine when i get home.

STREETxxxRIDER (May 7, 2009 at 3:41)

done that twice haha bound to happen

Mooserider74 (May 7, 2009 at 17:30)

wtf nick how did that hapen?? have u tlked to ns about the warranty yet?

windowlicker (May 6, 2009 at 19:20)

Uh oh

tacobell123 (May 6, 2009 at 19:20)

shit hope u get it warrentied

p274 (May 6, 2009 at 20:46)

how did u do that?

bikebreak-er (May 6, 2009 at 21:00)

damn nick that blows

Sandrider13 (May 7, 2009 at 9:52)

That sucks so bad man

bighitrida (May 7, 2009 at 22:50)

damn bro shity