# Bike frame issue

**URL:** <https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/bike-frame-issue/3352>\
**Category:** Road\
**Created:** [1 October 2022 16:09 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/bike-frame-issue/3352 "2022-10-01T16:09:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Meyer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/andrew_meyer/32/285_2.png) [@Andrew\_Meyer](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/Andrew_Meyer)\
**Post date:** [1 October 2022 16:09 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/bike-frame-issue/3352/1 "2022-10-01T16:09:10Z")

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Bad news:  
my Trek Emonda SL6 got a crack in the drive side seat stay.

Good news:  
TREK is doing a frame warranty exchange, Ziggy’s will be swapping parts from my 2020 Frame to a new Emonda SL6 2023 frame.  
Just parts and labour to make it all work.  
WOO-HOO!

Bad news:  
New frame will be a couple of weeks before it arrives. That leaves me with my old Argon 18 Triathlon bike (1998/99)? or my son’s MTB.

Picture of damage to seat stay:

 ![20220916_163129](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/waterloocyclingclub/original/2X/9/9df2cf0e141661bcbed9808f30ef6ec69908dca5.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![HappyOne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/happyone/32/2456_2.png) [@HappyOne](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/HappyOne)\
**Post date:** [3 October 2022 21:47 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/bike-frame-issue/3352/2 "2022-10-03T21:47:41Z")

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Is it rideable until the new frame comes in?

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Meyer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/andrew_meyer/32/285_2.png) [@Andrew\_Meyer](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/u/Andrew_Meyer)\
**Post date:** [4 October 2022 12:11 UTC](https://forum.waterloocyclingclub.ca/t/bike-frame-issue/3352/3 "2022-10-04T12:11:30Z")

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The advice was not to ride it, but ultimately up to me I suppose. Still I will err on the side of caution.

It’s getting colder and I can do zwift indoor or ride the mountain bike. Maybe I’ll go on a gravel ride for a change.