Originally Posted by
CliffordK
Could hitting a pothole really hard cause some kind of compression damage?
Not without destroying the wheels and pitching the rider onto the pavement.
Originally Posted by
CliffordK
Hopefully Specialized took the frame back to look at it.
They already know that this wasn't a manufacturing defect.
Originally Posted by
CliffordK
If I was @
KiwiDallas, I'd carefully look at how the bike is transported, how it is parked, and how it is stored. Falling, banging, etc.
Yup. If Kiwi comes back to the shop with another broken cf frame, they're not gonna go to bat for him again.