Hello, fellow Strida forum members. I’d like to ask the experts whether to buy a Strida from the initial 5.0 batch, you know, with the unreinforced crankset. Given the attractive price and no signs of micro-cracks, should I pass anyway? I’m asking because I haven’t found any statistics on the scale of this defect. Could you give me some advice, and I apologize in advance for my English; it might be as poor as the frames in these units.
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Pablo79 san,
Nice to meet you.
I ride the reinforced version of the LT, but the frame breakage issues I hear about generally seem to affect the unreinforced models.
I don’t think a fracture would progress instantly, so I suspect that if you ride carefully and stay vigilant, you could avoid a major accident—though, being human, we do make mistakes…
If you find the low price appealing despite the risk of frame failure, I think it’s fine to go ahead and buy it.
There’s a saying that goes something like, “If the reason you’re buying it is the price, don’t; if the reason you’re not buying it is the price, do.” I wonder if that holds true here?