Headset - Is this acceptable on a brand new bike?

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Noctiluxx wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:47 pm
Take it back and ask for an S-Works version replacement for your pain and suffering :lol:
Actually that is probably what is going to happen since Specialized don't have 10r or 9r frame for warranty atleast in canada.

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1llum4 wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 7:13 pm
Noctiluxx wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:47 pm
Take it back and ask for an S-Works version replacement for your pain and suffering :lol:
Actually that is probably what is going to happen since Specialized don't have 10r or 9r frame for warranty atleast in canada.
In any size?

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I wouldn't ask, i would just say i can't accept this!
A guy overhere bought a MTB with some strange cosmetic issue on his bike.
He took it back and the Lbs called Spesh. It ended up Spesh claim it was supposed to be like that.
But the Lbs told him they've sold bikes just like his, without those costemtic flaws.
All in all, i wonder why they have become so greedy they just don't scrap things like this.
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I'm with the general consensus here, return it..... that whould bother me no end and I would try to disguise it as best as able................. which you shouldn't have to.

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JDLBB wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 10:55 pm
1llum4 wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 7:13 pm
Noctiluxx wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:47 pm
Take it back and ask for an S-Works version replacement for your pain and suffering :lol:
Actually that is probably what is going to happen since Specialized don't have 10r or 9r frame for warranty atleast in canada.
In any size?
Why would it be different because of the size ?

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1llum4 wrote:
Mon Jan 21, 2019 3:53 am
JDLBB wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 10:55 pm
1llum4 wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 7:13 pm
Noctiluxx wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:47 pm
Take it back and ask for an S-Works version replacement for your pain and suffering :lol:
Actually that is probably what is going to happen since Specialized don't have 10r or 9r frame for warranty atleast in canada.
In any size?
Why would it be different because of the size ?
he said they dont have 10r or 9r frames for warranty replacements to which I replied "in any size?" meaning they dont have any frames in any size.

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by cyclespeed

It's very worrying that this frame made it through Spesh's Quality Control.

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by Zakalwe

A high percentage of people just wouldn’t notice something like that. So it gets through QC because the chances are it’ll sell to one of these people

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by Calnago

I think it could be one of those things easily missed until it’s built up, with a headset atop it and a shiny steel bearing surface showing through. Then it becomes a glaring gap that shouldn’t be there. I think most anyone who looked at it would notice it. But most certainly a new frame is in order, whether it affects function or not.
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OP please keep us updated about what Specialized and your LBS does.

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I havent gotten a chance to get to my LBS yet but I sent an email with photos to specialized and just got a reply. I may be reading into it a little but it at least sounds like they agree it's not ok.

"Thanks for reaching out. You're going to need to head into a Specialized Dealer of your choice and have them reach out to their retail care representative about this. Unfortunately all of our potential warranty claims must go through one of our retailers with the assistance of their warranty (retail care) representative. I totally understand your concern after reviewing your pics. I hope that this info is helpful and I wish you the best of luck with this."

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Sounds like they’re going to take care of you, which is good and how it should be. And they’re not even going to make you stand in the Win Tunnel naked for an hour as they turn it up full blast with cold air, just to test your mettle to make sure you’re telling the truth and didn’t do this while “just riding around”. Double bonus.
I couldn’t even get TIME to acknowledge a problem with a slipping seat clamp and when they finally did they just glued some sand to the poorly designed one and sent it by sea freighter to America, arriving several months or so later. But I guess they saved a buck or two in air freight, and in the process lost a whole lotta customer satisfaction.
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JDLBB wrote:
Mon Jan 21, 2019 4:08 pm
1llum4 wrote:
Mon Jan 21, 2019 3:53 am
JDLBB wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 10:55 pm
1llum4 wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 7:13 pm


Actually that is probably what is going to happen since Specialized don't have 10r or 9r frame for warranty atleast in canada.
In any size?
Why would it be different because of the size ?
he said they dont have 10r or 9r frames for warranty replacements to which I replied "in any size?" meaning they dont have any frames in any size.
You do realize you are talking about the same user ? In this case, me. And to be sure, I never said Specialized don't have any frame in any size in stock. What I am saying is that (in my experience according to the cases that I had to deal with for warranty with Specialized Canada) is that every time that a client had a manufacturing defect on a frame, Specialized Canada replaced the frame with a S-Works version because that is the only version of frame they keep in stock for warranty purpose regardless if it's a Tarmac, a Venge, a Roubaix or a Diverge. Heck, I even had one client that had a Aluminium Enduro with a manufacturing defect and they reaplced it with a carbon Enduro S-Works frame. But deal with your local Specialized dealer. Specialized must pass trough a lbs for warranty. Emailing Specialized directly won't quicken up the warranty process.

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Calnago wrote:
Mon Jan 21, 2019 11:32 pm
I couldn’t even get TIME to acknowledge a problem with a slipping seat clamp and when they finally did they just glued some sand to the poorly designed one and sent it by sea freighter to America, arriving several months or so later. But I guess they saved a buck or two in air freight, and in the process lost a whole lotta customer satisfaction.
That was the "lets piss off grumpy Calnago" special edition clamp by TIME
lol
Of course a headtube like that would never exit TIME's factory

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Just take a look at my S works sl5 story
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