I was told that I am being to hard on Gary Fisher with the constant ranting. I would like to let everyone know that I have had two Cannondales in the past with no issues. Mind you that the Scalpel was a full-suspension but the F900 was a hard tail. When I had the F900 I attempted to turn the bike into a freeride oriented bike. I bent three seatposts on the bike and would end up doing 4-5′ drops off of stairs and anything else I THOUGHT I could ride. That was with a stock set up with cross country oriented everything, wheels, cranks, handle bars, etc. The only thing that broke was the back wheel axle after I landed a 5 foot drop off of a rock in Moab. In the pictures below I had someone lace a new wheel because I bent the wheel practicing before we went to Moab for the first time.
I get a Gary Fisher and ride ONLY cross country with no attempt at drops or anything else like that. The worst the bike has seen was a typical WORS course. The bike frame failed within 4 months of riding last year. The frame that I had gotten as a replacement lasted 6 months of riding/racing. I am not saying that Trek/Gary Fisher is a bad company, I am saying that some of the products that they put out are defective and something needs to change. They have replaced everything that has broke but the time to replace the broken frames has been TOO long. I have been waiting for 3 weeks now and the last time it broke I waited a couple days short of a month for the frame.
That is me at the top of the Porcupine Rim in Moab, UT.
Just call the 800 number at trek and ask to speak to the head of US warranty. I bet after you talk to him they will take care of you much faster