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Well...It all started with a KillerV600, model '96, customised with DH bars and high rise stem. Then I replaced every single bit that failed. I reckon that after a bit more than one year of playing around, the only original parts that remained are the bar grips. The KillerV600 frame cracked after four months and was replaced with a KillerV800 frame (the nicest frame ever...but a weld on the back sloping tube cracked after about two years and a half of abuse), which leads to the Beast of the East as a warranty replacement. So lifetime warranty works at Cannondale. Not too much complain about that, although I had to look somewhere else for a trials frame because they didn't have another Beast and instead I asked for a road frame to replace a cracking dawes touring bike (now with a fantastic Road Warrior). So the Zero Orange looked good. But it cracked at the junction weld of the BB and left chainstay, after 9 months. The frame was replaced under warranty, then the Cannondale fork broke. I decided to go for front disk brakes with a new front wheel, fork, handlebars, stem and make the damn bike much lighter.
I also took out the seat and replaced the useless big rings on the freewheel by the smallest gears available except the 20t I use for trials. I replaced some non critical steel screws by aluminium ones (from motorbike shops).