Thanks Dan. The LBS built and torqued the bolts. If I were to mentioned the shop by name, most would likely agree that they are among the most reputable in the world. I also have to admit that they failed to use the spacer and that may have been a contributing factor. However, if catastrophic failure is the result of not using a spacer, Felt might have let the shops know that or redesigned the part to prevent that from happening.

What frustrates me is that this is an issue that has been ongoing for quite some time and that Felt has known about. Instead of redesigning the part they have consistently denied responsibility and claimed this is an isolated issue, which it is not.

Somebody could have been killed.....somebody was seriously injured. They could have and should have fixed the issue long before now.