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Re: Official Speed Concept Owners Thread [brogala]
brogala wrote:
It is true that I joined the forum this morning to gripe about my speed concept experience, but I do have a fair amount of cycling experience. This was my first tri/tt bike, but I have owned several high end road and mountain bikes in the past without ever experiencing a non repairable drivetrain issue. I guess that your (and others) previous post warning people about the cradle bolts failing, and considering selling your speed concept and moving on was not posted to deter people from purchasing a speed concept. As with you I love the ride of my SC. Its fast, smooth and responsive. I will have an option to replace the frame with carbon care, and am considering my options. My post was to let everyone know about my experience... maybe DON'T BUY was a bit harsh but no one from the club I ride with has seen such a catastrophic drivetrain problem happen before outside of a crash. I took the frame to a carbon repair shop and they said that they have seen this problem with speed concepts before. They offered to repaired the frame for $2800 as they need to fabricate a custom mould for the rear triangle to bond in a new dropout.


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Brogala,

No sweat - welcome to the board, hopefully you stick around as you can learn a lot here! I have been nosing around on this forum for years without an account and that might be your case also.

In terms of the G2SC cradle bolts - people have shown to have these bolts fail (some have not). I for one have had them fail and went as far as doing something about it to prevent it from happening again. I simply stated the facts on the cradle bolts and if that deters someones purchase of one so be it - its still the truth. I in the end kept the bike and still find it to be one of the most amazing bikes on the market.

IMO for $2800 - I would be poking around for a new bike, you could probably find a used G2SC close to that price!
Last edited by: teddygram: May 15, 18 13:07

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  • Post edited by teddygram (Cloudburst Summit) on May 15, 18 13:07