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not insurance, if there is defective in materials and/or workmanship do most products still cover the warrenty if the product is used in competition?

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Depends on the brand of bike or any other specific equipment. I've had a few warranty replacements on road bike frames.

 

Most big companies wont even bother in asking if you used the bike for competition. If its clear that the damage is from a crash you wont get a replacement. The only problem I had was with a well known italian brand bike. When the frame cracked I got told by the suppliers to take it up with the manufacturer...Unhappy
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Sometimes the warrenty is void if you use the item for anything other then looking at it.

 

 

Yes Ellsworth rings a bell. Fortunaltey there are manufacturers who understand that the bits they make is intended for use...
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I saw on SC last night a guy walking over the finish line with a Silverback in two pieces. It happenend at the Lost City MTB race. Do you think he will get a replacement?

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A warranty is provided for manufacturer defects - in other words there must have been something wrong with the equipment for it to fail.  Most manufacturers apply the warranty leniently and will repair/replace anything that has not suffered gross abuse.

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Well heres the thing,  i was out on a training ride and my crank just cracked.  Its 20months old and has a 2 year warrenty,  never crashed on it and looks good.  Now they tell me that it is not under warrenty cause i have used it in competition in the past.    Would you say its normal???   Ive had whole cracked frames replace no questions asked in the past.

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Ask them to prove it. They're gonna struggle just as much proving that you did, then you do that you didn't. Does/do/did/am that making sense?

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Shimano right? I've had the exact same *** from them before on a XTR Seatpost and a set of XTR Shifters, in fact the bastards didn't even bother sending the stuff back to me!

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According to me, don't you buy a bike to use it in competition.

Who will spen R 15 000 + on a bike and then not use it in races?  Oh they mean you buy something like the Madone to ride to the corner cafe.
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Dude, that sucks. Especially when your online name is the brand, Ouch!

IanC, you buy bikes as delivery bikes for your company, I thought everyone knew that?
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