Hi Mr. SR500 and ilimia,

Both of you have a point and thank you for reading my friends plight. He is more than capable of buying the 6.5 outright, it isn't about getting something more to him. It's just that he was led to believe they Trek were going to give him a 6.5 then they pulled the rug under him by offering something less because they claim that: it was made of lesser quality material and was offering a bike made of same quality material. 120OCLV versus 110OCLV.

Now the interesting point of this comment is that Trek is willing to offer him a bike made of comparable material. They failed in checking the material as being 110OCLV. So if they base their decision on which bike to replace then it should be 6.5 with 110OCLV not 5.2 with 120OCLV. This simply is interpreting their own words of comparable material.

Now about replacing with comparable performane bike. This is bit more contentious.

Suppose you bought a corvette 15 years ago. and you were given a lifetime warranty. And now, the corvette has broken down for no fault of yours, you take it to GM and request a replacement. Given its performance, GM offers you a Cobalt instead of Corvette. Would this be fair?? perhaps.

or would you prefer a new corvette. would this be fair?? Clearly, you are getting far more than a 15 year old car of yours.

I think both sides have good arguments. But that is not why I posted here. I just posted to show what can happen with "lifetime warranty" and how it can be interpreted. I'm sure Trek means well. Maybe somewhere someone in their company goofed.

And I take no offense to those who think my friend should take the 5.2. Mean while he is riding his Cannondale (his Paramount Racing Bike) with his training wheels.

smilingcat