Was cycling into work today, on the flat.
Felt a tad wobbly, as if I'd got a rear flat.
Pulled over to the side of the road to find this!
Bought second hand, thankfully the owner transferred registration to me.
Hoping I can get in touch with brompton for repair under the 7 year frame warranty.
by Mick_kerr
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Long as you’ve got the warranty you’ll be covered no issues, just unfortunate you’ll be without bike while it’s fixed.
This exact failure has been reported by t and p line often enough that I check mine here and there.
I think this is the first time I’ve seen it reported on the advanced steel C line rear triangle which is concerning if true.
I am curious, you noted C Line, however from the photo, the rear frame gives appearance of being titanium. It has been that the titanium rear frames have fractured just as in the photo. As a test, a magnet will not stick to the titanium rear frames. What have you been able to determine with a magnet ?
Has anyone else noticed that most of the frame stay failures are on black stays?
It’s almost always a black colored stay.