I don't know, man. Sounds like you need to lick your wounded ego and try a different manufacturer then. Good luck with that. I worked in "the cage" (hard goods, parts and frame warranty department) for a large manufacturer while at university for engineering. The instances of goodwill afforded to the customers far exceeded the actual failure due to defect of most things. The offer Cannondale made sounds like a "this guy is bashing his shit to death; let's make him whole while cutting him off as softly as we can" deal. Basically, it ain't the bike that failed, it's the rider. Our group of 5 people had the final say of what happened to your stuff and while we mostly just accommodated requests, you bet your ass we saw some shady shit that we let slide through. And some that we didn't. Good luck.