Another broken seat post

B.N. sent me a photo of his Pinarello Paris with a seat post that lasted less than 500 miles.

Pinarello Prince

Another photo with no details, this time a Pinarello Prince.

Pinarello Prince

Joshua sent this one in. 3 months old. Fell over. Toast.

It's not unexpected for a frame to break when it gets crashed into a concrete block at 40+ km/h, but when it just tips over and breaks, I think that hurts the most.

Busted Pinarello

I found this photo on Flickr, the caption says:

Bad things happen to carbon when you crash (this is a $10,000 Pinarello)

Ouch. That's a lot of money to spend on a bike.

Another Pinarello

I posted a Pinarello on Friday. Here is another one, a Prince this time, broken in the same place.

Pinarello F4:13

I've posted this bike once before, but now I have more photos and details.

Arech says:

I was racing and deviate a race accident, i didn't lost the control, i was estable but the front road lock, my body was back and made an handspike, the frame broke, and i fell!

Translated to English it apparently means:

1) He was racing.

2) He avoided running into a crash ahead of him.

3) He locked the front wheel (brake).

4) He started to go over the handlebars.

5) The frame broke.

6) He crashed to the ground, frame already broken.

I find it hard to believe hitting the brakes can destroy your frame, but stranger things have happened.

Pinarello F4:13

Pinarello is known for their crazy looking frames. But this F4:13 looks extra crazy with an extra bend in the top tube and the down tube.