Anybody who wants their ball bag tearing off at Wheelie Bin in Swindon, United Kingdom - photo by goulldy

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Album: 2010-2011-Giant-Glory-Build-Update
Category: Broken Bikes/Parts
Date Posted: Oct 11, 2011 at 12:38
Oct 11, 2011
Location: Swindon, United Kingdom
Trail: Wheelie Bin
Riders: Anybody who wants their ball bag tearing off

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Camera

Apple iPhone 3GS

Shutter Speed

1/10

Aperture

2.8

Focal Length

3.9 mm

ISO Speed

1000

Date

2011:08:18

Time

18:11:06

GPS Location

12 Comments

Plasticpylo (Feb 11, 2012 at 4:56)

WTF, fix your style of riding! What a load of shit. I've had 2 freinds with these cheese bikes crack and both have different riding styles. So Bollocks to you Tehran !

goulldy (Feb 11, 2012 at 11:27)

Finally somebody who agrees with me! I did two medium frames, only checked mine after getting a tip off from someone else on here, my mate's large had a stress mark on 'the weld' and seen/heard of probably 10+ cracking on here now!

bxxer-rider (Oct 11, 2011 at 13:16)

worse then th first one then???

goulldy (Oct 11, 2011 at 13:27)

Yep. Thanks Giant, you successfully made a frame with less structural integrity than an innertube! (true story - front innertube out lasted that frame)

nouser (Feb 4, 2012 at 7:56)

it's because you didn't insert your seat tube enough into the frame, right?

goulldy (Feb 4, 2012 at 11:22)

Given that the seat post was touching the main pivot, pretty sure it wasn't!

and not inserting the seat far enough just splits the seat tube rather than causing a weld to crack...

and I never really sat down anyway given it's (supposed to be) a dh frame!

The kink in the top tube flexes under stress causing that weld to crack.

nouser (Feb 2, 2012 at 6:26)

Well that's the first

goulldy (Feb 2, 2012 at 6:26)

It's the 2nd one I've owned that did that :/

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nouser (Feb 5, 2012 at 12:53)

Don't criticize Giant, statistically Giant frames break much less often, compared to all other companies.

goulldy (Feb 5, 2012 at 13:09)

haha statistics...

nouser (Feb 5, 2012 at 22:45)

Go search for broken Demo, Session, M9... and see how many pages u get, but as for broken Glory, u seem to be the Only one. U need fix ur style of riding

goulldy (Feb 6, 2012 at 0:20)

Not mine:

www.pinkbike.com/forum/listcomments/?threadid=108818

www.pinkbike.com/forum/listcomments/?threadid=108818&pagenum=2 [stress mark]

I only looked at that weld on mine because somebody pointed out they were all breaking there... My friend had a large that admittedly lasted about 18 months but we could see a stress mark building up so he got rid of it. My 2nd glory only lasted 3 months unless you're hucking 20ft everyday now DH bike should crack in 3 months... Especially when they market it by showing Danny Hart hucking everything.

You're just trying to convince themselves that yours will be O.K, but I assure you it's just a matter of time - hope you get a 5 year warranty (and bought brand new) - when was the last time you looked at that weld yourself?