Akira_Shock! Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Hellojust wanted to know whos having this problem before? the single weld on downtube cracked after a long time riding... happened to 5 of my friends' Deng frames... is it a weak design? I seem to remember old Echo frames and Onza frames always had a gusset attached under the downtube mounting stub.ANyone got any pictures of their failed frames?thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie East Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Weirdo Ku managed to crack his Czar round the bashplate. Its not really a design fault or anything, they're not designed to land heavily on, more there to protect the chain/freewheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Well if you're landing on the bashplate then yes, it will crack there. Bashplates on these frames are for protection, they're not really intended for BIU use. If it cracks then yes that might be a bad design, but it would be fine if bashplates were used correctly. From what I've seen very often people treat them like a hardpoint and don't really give a shit when they hit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 They crack around the mounts cos the bashplate spreads the frame. I managed to put a split the CNC bit just before the chainstays on my czar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic84echo Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 My Echo has taken the odd dunt to the bashplate with no ill effects, certainly no cracking. I think Greetings is bang on though, bash plate isn't designed for landing on, so if you use it to mount obstacles on a regular basis, it's going to break, wether it's a deng or any other make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Most of the Gu typhoon 08's cracked around the bashplate area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Most of the Gu typhoon 08's cracked around the bashplate area.Sorry to sound like a cynic, but how did you come to this statement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Sorry to sound like a cynic, but how did you come to this statement?Well on here quite a few of the mods have cracked so I assumed there was a fault etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 there was a time when using bash plates was a legitimate way of getting up stuff meh UCI looks cleaner and is a bit more public freindly so i understand the preference, but it'd be nice knowing you can really twat a bashplate and it'll take it like an abused housewife... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.scratchensniff Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 ...it'll take it like an abused housewife... It's not abuse if the bitch deserves it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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