Frame warranty?

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puch

Regular
I was surprised that Dawes offers only a three year warranty on their alloy frames. What? Three years for an £850 bike? Even cheap and cheerful Decathlon have a five year guarantee on their £270 bikes. A cycling mate who's a bit of a guru in such matters, advises to buy a new bike only, if it has a lifetime warranty on the frame. Sounds like wise advice.
 

fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
Most only have a short warranty - even mega bucks bikes !
 

AndyPeace

Guest
Location
Worcestershire
Aren't all these warranties just for show? a lifetime warranty is only going to cover manufacturing defects not wear and tear/misuse. On top of that if you do any maintence yourself, your warranty will be void, unless you are a mechanic approved by the manufacturer.
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
Aren't all these warranties just for show? a lifetime warranty is only going to cover manufacturing defects not wear and tear/misuse. On top of that if you do any maintence yourself, your warranty will be void, unless you are a mechanic approved by the manufacturer.

Nope.
 

AndyPeace

Guest
Location
Worcestershire
Nope? just curious, but has anyone got a list of terms on a life time warranty? Treks states improper assembly and improper follow up maintance as voiding the warranty. Granted thats not what I said, but it's not far off what I meant ;)
 

AndyPeace

Guest
Location
Worcestershire
BICYCLE FRAME AND COMPONENT WARRANTY POLICY




SPECIALIZED LIMITED WARRANTY
Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. (“Specialized”), a California corporation located at 15130 Concord Circle, Morgan Hill,
California 95037, makes the following Limited Warranty concerning Specialized bicycles and framesets:
LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTY ON BICYCLE FRAMES AND FRAMESETS
Subject to the following limitations, terms and conditions, Specialized warrants to the original owner for the lifetime of the original
owner of each new Specialized bicycle or frameset that the bicycle frame or frameset when new is free of defective materials and
workmanship. The lifetime limited warranty is conditioned upon the bicycle being operated under normal conditions and use, and
properly maintained. This limited warranty does not apply to paint/finish or components attached to the bicycle/frameset such as
front forks, wheels, drive train, brakes, seat post, handlebar and stem, or any suspension related parts or components.
Paint/finish, components attached to the bicycle/frameset such as front forks, wheels, drive train, brakes, seat post, handlebar and
stem, or any suspension-related parts or components are covered under the limited one (1) year warranty. Our Chainstays and
Seatstays will now include a 5 year limited warranty.This warranty is void if the bicycle or frameset was not purchased new or not properly assembled by an authorized Specialized dealer.

@ianrauk, That sounds more like yeah, than nope ;) So is it just a bit of marketing hype and really not that different to a 3 year warranty?..after all if there's a manufacturing fault, you'd have to ride very little not to notice it in that time?
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
For example.
At least two people on this forum have had frames replaced under warranty, one by Specialized and one by Van Nich. The Van Nich frame was at least 6 years old. Both bikes self maintained.
 
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puch

Regular
On a different forum, someone mentioned buying an Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative bike and the frame developing a crack after 3 years. They replaced it.
 

AndyPeace

Guest
Location
Worcestershire
@AndyPeace Properly assembled by an authourised dealer... doesn't say anything about ongoing maintenance as per your previous post..
Surley if you take it apart to replace bearings,etc, you then have to assemble it? I'm not being argumentative here, just would like to know if there's any real value in a lifetime warranty.Either way the point remains that a warranty only covers manufacturing defects, which are unlikley to manifest themselves 10 years down the line?.

EDIT: you guys really are much quicker than me ;)
 
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