Toker DX '06 - Frame snapped tonight

[muzzle]

hey everyone, its another torker dx thread... and this might not help on their reputation at all...
Tonight I snapped the frame on my old torker, I couldn't have seen it coming and like most breakages they come when you least expect them (ok maybe not like most breakages)

In anycase, i'll upload some pics of my frame if i get round to it, however it looked pretty much like this:

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[url]http://busteduni.com/modules.php?set_albumName=unis&id=PICT0024_sized&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php (http://busteduni.com/modules.php?set_albumName=unis&id=PICT0024_sized&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php)

except of course that mine was a three month old (almost) torker dx 20".

funny thing about this was that I was planning to sell it this month for a KH/Koxx-one mish-mash... Probly sell it with a nimbus II frame.

Hello from NZ

[trials_uni]

ive heard of a other dx that broke just like this...it was on '06 aswell...the welds at that part of the frame ar apparantly quite weak

[forrestunifreak]

Not '06. The "old DX" is 2005 and earlier. The 2006 trials DX frame's are reinforced.



Please try and distiguish between the two. They're are lots of people mixing up the old/new DX's, and it confuses people who might want to buy one, hence the loads of "06 DX" threads/questions.

[trials_uni]

ok sorry i must have misread.

[muzzle]

well, lets put it this way... they arent reinforced very well. :D
I just noticed that i wrote "Toker" in the title. I clearly meant torker. oops

[forrestunifreak]

well, lets put it this way... they arent reinforced very well. :D

So is it the older one, or the new trials with red/black? In your first post you call it both a '06 and an older DX. Which one is it? There is a big difference.

[muzzle]

sorry, its the red/black '06 trials uni with splined hub etc...
hope thats clear now.
uploaded image:

http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=175458
http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=175458

thats after we did a tad more damage to it...

[forrestunifreak]

Well that rather sucks.

Did you do anything in particlar to break it? Was their any rust inside the seat stem part, etc.?

[muzzle]

no visible rust, it just cracked when I was stuck on a grind (wasn't sliding) and then I taught it a lesson by tearing it right off. haha
there was just not enough welding done in the join, so it was weak... and then trials punishment caused it to weaken more

[dorfman]

well how serious of trials were you doing....i mean jesus...it must have taken alot of ware and tare 2 get that thing broken

[muzzle]

im quite into the trials, tho i have only had this uni for less than three months and most strain goes on the wheelset and pedals than on the frame itself...
this is either a freak occurance or a problem in frame design or build quality.

I am only moderatly hard on the uni really

[Jerrick]

no visible rust, it just cracked when I was stuck on a grind (wasn't sliding) and then I taught it a lesson by tearing it right off. haha
there was just not enough welding done in the join, so it was weak... and then trials punishment caused it to weaken more


so did you rip it off after it snapped, or did you get a little rage going and broke it?

[muzzle]

rage i guess... tho i was kinda stoked about it in a way... you have to laugh or you will cry ;)

[Jerrick]

i see lol

[James_Potter]

wow, pretty sweet.

[pdc]

Summits RULE

[litldude2]

Summits RULE
I agree:)

[forrestunifreak]

Especially when your selling one....:)



ps: everyone go buy pdc's summit

[trials_uni]

you mean summits he has a custom one on here and a stock one on e-bay.

[pdc]

Especially when your selling one....:)


Even if I weren't they are about the strongest frame.

[manon1wheel]

NO MY FRIEND MIGHT BUY THE SUMMIT!lol save it for my friend pcd... :rolleyes:

[musketman]

i guess thats a torker for ya....

[x1psh1x]

hmmm this is the one im planning on getting, if mine does that shit, im gonna crack some skulls

[muzzle]

just take it easy ;)
anyways for the price of replacing the frame with a nimbus II one i cant complain. torkebus is a machine

[forget_your_life]

just take it easy ;)
anyways for the price of replacing the frame with a nimbus II one i cant complain. torkebus is a machinenice

[pythondrummer]

wait, the first link to a pic u posted was an 05 DX and the second was an 06 DX. Which one was yours?

[wobblyjohn]

no visible rust, it just cracked when I was stuck on a grind (wasn't sliding) and then I taught it a lesson by tearing it right off. haha
there was just not enough welding done in the join, so it was weak... and then trials punishment caused it to weaken more
A poor weld would crack through the weld, and it appears that you've torn off into the sheet metal, too. My guess is fatigue. That seat post is anchored in a single flat plane, (the flat top of the crown) which is going to flex when you're hitting it hard off of a drop, or putting off axis stress on the frame.
If Torker were to add a layer of metal across the curved portion of the underside of the crown, and weld the seat tube to this as well, (like a lot of bicycle fork crowns) I think that would make a world of difference. In any case, it definitely appears that some sort of gussetting is needed here!

[muzzle]

wait, the first link to a pic u posted was an 05 DX and the second was an 06 DX. Which one was yours?
it is the '06. i was using the '05 damage to illustrate what i had done to my '06

[muzzle]

A poor weld would crack through the weld, and it appears that you've torn off into the sheet metal, too. My guess is fatigue. That seat post is anchored in a single flat plane, (the flat top of the crown) which is going to flex when you're hitting it hard off of a drop, or putting off axis stress on the frame.
If Torker were to add a layer of metal across the curved portion of the underside of the crown, and weld the seat tube to this as well, (like a lot of bicycle fork crowns) I think that would make a world of difference. In any case, it definitely appears that some sort of gussetting is needed here!

yes, i tore thru the "sheet metal" after the initial crack (was rather large after a tiny hop) just to have some fun with my destroyed frame

[pythondrummer]

it is the '06. i was using the '05 damage to illustrate what i had done to my '06


gotcha.