I went to visit my family in calgary this weekend and I came home to this (attached picture), looks like someone stomped on it. I have no idea how this happened. I am stoked, no uni, no job, no money for a new uni(college). I think it might have been via one of my roommates drunk friends but obviously no one is going to own up to it.
yeah i am not sure exactly what happened to it, all i know is its a [censored] thing to come home to. However Brian O revived my faith that there is still awesome people out there.
It looks like someone started to drive over it or dropped something REALLY HEAVY on the pedal.
You just got a really strong uni and for cheap 🙂. Beware it's pretty heavy (oddly heavier than the 24" DX) and the frame is prone to breaking where the neck meets the crown, but then you could have it welded back together or replaced w/ one that won't break for free by Torker.
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You just got a really strong uni and for cheap 🙂. Beware it's pretty heavy (oddly heavier than the 24" DX) and the frame is prone to breaking where the neck meets the crown, but then you could have it welded back together or replaced w/ one that won't break for free by Torker.
The frame is perfectly strong, it broke once before and it was rewelded - its not going to break a second time. People need to stop even mentioning the breakage. Mine broke and like 10 others... out of how many sold? Its a non-issue.
You can have my 19" Torker DX for the price of shipping... though shipping might be expensive and a duty tax may be slapped on.
🙂 Good on you! Heartwarming to see. You are an example to us all.
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The frame is perfectly strong, it broke once before and it was rewelded - its not going to break a second time. People need to stop even mentioning the breakage. Mine broke and like 10 others... out of how many sold? Its a non-issue.
Did you do that before or after we met? I can't remember.
I got the impression the breakage was more common than that on the '06 frames😕
-- skilewis74
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Did you do that before or after we met? I can't remember.
I got the impression the breakage was more common than that on the '06 frames😕
It happened before we met, before I even got it actually. Jordan will be the third owner of the uni.
It only seemed like a more common problem because as soon as a picture of it was posted on the forums everyone brought it up when DXs were discussed. People blew it way out of proportion - Skrobo is to thank for that.
