Demo9 headtube problems?
- Thread starter Hrelp
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Rumors are generally just that, rumors.
Where did you hear this?
Where did you hear this?
I saw the pic on pinkbike of the frame with the folded downtuberight after the headtube, this was the result of a bail that left the bike to fall 25 ft to flat... i bet this rumer started from that pic.
I hope you don't mean this...
Please realize that some of these pics floating around are from crashes... not from something the company did. Stuff like this is RIDER ERROR!
Oh let me add this too so the is no mistake!
RIDER ERROR
RIDER ERROR
RIDER ERROR
RIDER ERROR
RIDER ERROR
Please realize that some of these pics floating around are from crashes... not from something the company did. Stuff like this is RIDER ERROR!
Oh let me add this too so the is no mistake!
RIDER ERROR
RIDER ERROR
RIDER ERROR
RIDER ERROR
RIDER ERROR
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That pic is 100% crash damage.
You can always just ride along into a wall though
I think that this is a pic of the new 2005 Demo9 model on which you can adjust the headtube angle...
Tools for the job?
1. Standard Demo9 frame.
2. Ride with more than 10mph
3. find a sturdy wall
4. Hit it head-on
5. voila!
Tools for the job?
1. Standard Demo9 frame.
2. Ride with more than 10mph
3. find a sturdy wall
4. Hit it head-on
5. voila!
I guess that would let you know just how buff that junction is though. For the downtube to fail first, that's BUFF.
Looks like is was driven it to the garage door at high speed. I had a couple of those at the shop I worked at. First came in the bike magled up and next was the Thule rack. Funny stuff!
I'd love to see a pic of the rest of the bike!
so what you're saying is that if you fall off the bike and it's damaged you're at fault but if you hang on and ride it out and the bike's damaged it's the manufacturer's fault. In certain situations I'd expect a bike to be damaged while being ridden far sooner than it would be damaged in a crash, for instance you ride up to a 15' drop, chicken out and ghost ride the bike off the cliff, it lands smoothly on both wheels and stops gently in a bush, after rappelling down the cliff face you find that your frame is bent to pieces and you start to wonder "what would have happened if I had been hanging on to the handlebars, would the frame have broken and pierced my gall bladder?" The additional weight of a rider puts way more stress on the frame, riding the bike off a curb would be the equivilant of pushing the bike off a loading dock as far as impact force is concerned.
I'm just playing devil's advocate here, obviously bikes aren't designed to be abused but crashes are something the designers should consider, nobody can ride perfectly forever. Of course if you purposely push your bike off rooftops and such you really deserve what you get.
I'm just playing devil's advocate here, obviously bikes aren't designed to be abused but crashes are something the designers should consider, nobody can ride perfectly forever. Of course if you purposely push your bike off rooftops and such you really deserve what you get.
DUDE! Demo 9's SUCK! They all break man! Don't buy them they're lame!
There is no rest of the bike... it was destroyed by JRA... blame specialized for it...
They sure do! Unless you want to suck too, anyone with a Large Demo 9 should stop riding RIGHT NOW and send it to me! Stop the sucking, save yourself and I'll take all the blameOriginally posted by Matt D
DUDE! Demo 9's SUCK! They all break man! Don't buy them they're lame!
And the 888 comes out without a scratch on it, another reason to get that fork
Damn, looks like the damage caused to a bike of mine when I got hit by a car in Hawaii.
That picture brings a tear to my eye
Me too... Me toooooOriginally posted by KleinMp99
That picture brings a tear to my eye
Finally something the members of the RESPECT cult and the "Freeride milita" can agree on.
looks to me like the headtube is perfect........
now, the top and downtubes are a whole 'nother story...
The funny thing is, Specialized is the sort of company that might actually warranty that thing.
Definitely not a head tube problem, the Demo9 uses a "Cobra" headtube which is super burl. I posted pics of the raw Cobra head tube and Ribcage forging in the last Demo9 thread located here:
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=79415&perpage=15&highlight=demo9 rohloff&pagenumber=11
RIDER ERROR< RIDER ERROR< RIDER ERROR
(we all do it)
http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=79415&perpage=15&highlight=demo9 rohloff&pagenumber=11
RIDER ERROR< RIDER ERROR< RIDER ERROR
(we all do it
)
thats why i bought the Adobe, the car thats made out of clay....
my car is made of silly putty
then, after a crash, i can just reshape it and go Wouldn't you get the super ball effect in an accident though, bounce right out of it!.Originally posted by WestCoastHucker
my car is made of silly putty
Too bad you have to reshape the car constantly and the car looks like a Salvador Dali painting in the summer
that is the worst spelling of the word "easier" I have EVER seen.
everyone please congratulate Tom.
LO-****ing-L....ya know, internet spelling and grammar is so pathetic that my brain just 'filters' everything to sound normal now, unless its completly unfroragushanble ya know?
cum on zed my gramer on tis intranet aint not too bad, you brain dont not need to filtr tings out. me soond nurmal rite ?
And here we have a wonderful example of someone "trying" to be funny.Originally posted by ViolentVolante
cum on zed my gramer on tis intranet aint not too bad, you brain dont not need to filtr tings out. me soond nurmal rite ?
That's for the
Trying that is funny, all hail king me
Oh. I though that he was refering to the way in which an assayer (precious metals dealer) would adjust the headtube. No wonder I was confused.