Info Wanted, Litespeed Siena

Send it back to Litespeed for inspection or at least email them some
pictures. My friend has a 92 or 93 Merlin ti frame, built in
Massachusett, and last year his frame developed a crack around the
downtube shifter boss. Since Litespeed took over Merlin, they agreed to
warranty it and he sent it back. A few weeks later, it came back
*better* than new!

I agree with bfd, send it back. About 6 years ago I bought one of their
powder coated titanium bikes new. Paint was poor quality. They took it
back, stripped it, brushed it, added new decals all at no charge.

Primo service imo.

"Fred Kozak" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

A friend of mine has a 2003 Litespeed Siena that has cracked in the most
unusual way. The crack starts at the seat tube near the intersection of
the top tube and goes through the weld into the top tube.

I have seen an Obed crack at a dropout end cap and one on the down tube
about 2 inches from the head tube but nothing like this.

Comments Appreciated.

Fred

Fred Kozak said:

A friend of mine has a 2003 Litespeed Siena that has cracked in the most
unusual way. The crack starts at the seat tube near the intersection of the
top tube and goes through the weld into the top tube.

I have seen an Obed crack at a dropout end cap and one on the down tube
about 2 inches from the head tube but nothing like this.

Comments Appreciated.

Fred

Fixed my Pisgah for free and then sent me a Free T-shirt and socks for
the trouble!

-Nate

"Llatikcuf" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Fred Kozak said:

A friend of mine has a 2003 Litespeed Siena that has cracked in
the most unusual way. The crack starts at the seat tube near the
intersection of the top tube and goes through the weld into the
top tube.

I have seen an Obed crack at a dropout end cap and one on the
down tube about 2 inches from the head tube but nothing like
this.

Comments Appreciated.

Fred

Fixed my Pisgah for free and then sent me a Free T-shirt and socks
for the trouble!

-Nate

Kept my Classic for 8 weeks to fix a broken rear dropout weld and
kept saying it was taking so long because of a line-up in the
paintshop....returned it fixed but unpainted, with no explaination.