Quote Originally Posted by Tokie View Post
Oh, I hope that Trek gives you a replacement at no cost - that's just not right to crack like that, when your bike is almost brand new! good luck! When I crashed my Ruby I had my frame sent off to Calfee (I live in California) and they fixed my chain stay for I think 450$ - not cheap. That was without a paint job to cover/match the repair to my frame. I have put many miles on it since, but did stop racing on it (I figure it might not hold up well in another crash). when you haven't even crashed your bike, no reason for the frame to crack like that. Glad you spotted it before it failed - yikes! tokie
Calfee was the company they mentioned for the repair option. It's good to know that you had a good experience with them.

This potentially messes up my plans to re-test the Affinity RL saddle to see if it's more comfortable than I had thought back in the spring. I figured my butt is as tough as it's going to get at this point in the year, which is ideal for saddle testing. If I'm off the road bike for too long, it will be too cold for long test rides.

Oh well. This is certainly not the worst thing in the world. Just a bummer.