The frame of my Marin Rift Zone XR completely snapped the other day while riding 10 mph on a completely flat and smooth section of trail. I wasn’t sending any drops or jumps, just riding. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? I was dumbfounded.
by danielbrob
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Wow, send it to them, they will likely replace. Damn…..😱
Was there air in the shock?
Odds are it wasn’t just riding that did the damage that led to this.
Guessing you at some point did drop or jump or do something that put stress at that point. The damage wasn’t readily visible.
Marin has a 5 year warranty, just take it back to the shop you bought it and get yourself a new warrantied frame.
wow, snapped in multiple places?! Maybe it wasn’t heat treated correctly and caused the metal to weaken? really odd for it to just implode like that.
Kind of ironic that it is called a “Rift Zone”
>A rift zone is a linear crack in a volcano that forms when the volcano splits apart
Jokes aside, I hope there wasn’t an injury to yourself? And I hope you get it replaced asap!
Sorry that sucks! But I can’t wait for all the carbon haters to chime in here like it also doesn’t happen to alloys.
Crazy how crisp the break looks
Time to go on a diet.
You broke the bike earlier, not when it failed.
Frames fail. Hope it’s under warranty