My bad, misread it! Thought it was pretty crazy :)

This seems more than lame to me. Great that's it's a voluntary recall and all that, but I guess they have to otherwise there would be a forced recall anyway with not so great PR. The LAME part is knowing there is a problem and only replacing the frame when a crack has actually started. It is rediculous to limit the drop size to 5ft on bikes like that. If they know there is a manufacturing issue which means the product can not be used as intended then they should replace them all. It isn't acceptable to wait for someone to snap their frame at risk to themselves before the thing actually gets replaced! Irresponsible

It's all about the sack clearance and new school tricks, strength is not a reason. Introducing any curve also introduces stress concentrations so you will be increasing the wall thickness if anything! Don't believe the marketing BS you copied that comment from ;)

Imagine what he could do on a decent bike ;)