See other failures under 000.html.

Assorted Frame Failures

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/frame-breaking-whos-done-it as of 2012/08.

These are from a list of broken frames; there are many more listed at the page above, but most do not have photos.

In most cases, usage history is not given, and in some cases there is no description at all — some failures may have been caused by putting the bike on a roof rack then driving in to a garage. Others are far more likely to have come from regular vigorous riding.

Photos clustered by rider; some riders have several broken frames.

1997 Marin team DH FRS broke it in 2006 "just riding along", after over 30,000 km.

  

2006 Wolfridge failed at swingarm while riding rock garden; not the original owner.

  

Tange Prestige frame, top and down tubes both failed.

  

No caption, photo titled "broken lapierre".

  

Pace RC303, failed at seat tube/top tube junction. Discovered due to creaking noise.

  

Gary Fisher HooKooEKoo.

     

1988 Stumpjumper cracked on towntube just behind the head tube.

  

Inbred failed at chainstay bridge at chainring clearance shaping.

Litespeed failed at chainstay bridge.

LeMond failed at seat tube/down tube bottom bracket joint.

Pompino failed at chainstay shaping for chainring/tire clearance.

              

"Commuting bike" failed where seat tube joins seat cluster.

Airborne Lancaster failed at disk brake mount.

     

     

Ellsworth Isis failed at bottom bracket and seat tube.

  

Un-named titanium frame failed at seat tube/top tube junction.

Specialized SX swingarm failed near forwrd pivot.

     

Cannondale failed in main triangle.

  

Trek Liquid failed at seat tube above swingarm lower pivot.

  

Specialized Stumpjumber suspension link.

  

Intense Tracer. Two failures, not clear if same or different bicycle.

Cove Handjob buckled down tube behind gusset.

        

See also FAIL-172.html.