Not surprised given my recent experience with Rocky. Their build quality was....lacking.
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I just bought a $12 thru axle, and given the range of prices for those, it's clear that the majority of them are catalog items.
It would suck to have one let go on A-line due to a void in the aluminum or whatever.
Is anyone making 12mm T/As in ti? I had a boat anchor of a steel one back in the day on an Iron Horse 7point.
It would suck to have one let go on A-line due to a void in the aluminum or whatever.
Is anyone making 12mm T/As in ti? I had a boat anchor of a steel one back in the day on an Iron Horse 7point.
I've seen them on eBay, when shopping for a bolt on one for my 'zocchi 350. Several Chinese sellers seem to be rebranding the same ones.
They had to go to a Ti axle for Cessnas up here, cuz they kept breaking.
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So a bike fails catastrophically, and a tester ends up in the hospital.
RM's response is basically "Weird, no clue why that happened, but based on absolutely nothing at all, we think the rest are safe to ride, probably"
RM is universally praised in the PB comment's section for their "great" response.
Makes Pole and Yeti look good to be honest.
On that same note, credit where credit is due, PB handled that fairly well. There's no way Enduro bikes weren't going to be the final test group, putting this turd up first was as un-clickbaity as they could have gotten. Allowing the manufacturers of the failed frames to respond was more than fair.
RM's response is basically "Weird, no clue why that happened, but based on absolutely nothing at all, we think the rest are safe to ride, probably"
RM is universally praised in the PB comment's section for their "great" response.
Makes Pole and Yeti look good to be honest.
On that same note, credit where credit is due, PB handled that fairly well. There's no way Enduro bikes weren't going to be the final test group, putting this turd up first was as un-clickbaity as they could have gotten. Allowing the manufacturers of the failed frames to respond was more than fair.
Devil’s advocate POV from a Rocky rider, if it was indeed just the axle, (either faulty, undertorqued, or overtorqued) the burden is only partly on Rocky. If they can’t replicate the failure in any way, what exactly are they supposed to do?
sounds like the chinese knock off version...
Trek...
It reminds me of Trek. Their chainstays break in the same spot for decades. It's right by the weld. I called them myself from the bike shop and told the guy at Trek where it broke. He said "We've never heard of this before.". That pissed me off. I said "Bullshit. This is my third one."
It reminds me of Trek. Their chainstays break in the same spot for decades. It's right by the weld. I called them myself from the bike shop and told the guy at Trek where it broke. He said "We've never heard of this before.". That pissed me off. I said "Bullshit. This is my third one."
He probably thought you said brakes.
I've had multiple, similar conversations with Shimano people, some of whom I know and otherwise trust, and all of whom looked me straight in the eye and completely denied any knowledge of the wandering bite point issue.
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I like the cut-off option though.
are they available as daisy dukes?
About 4 or 5 years ago I was at a race day where Shimano was doing neutral support, and also warranties. I cashed out a set of wandering XTRs at the beginning of the day, and at the end of the day a set of wandering Saints (after I was done using them), both to the same mechanic. He gave me the same "huh, that's weird, never seen that before" response both times. I am convinced there is some corporate directive from on high to actively pretend the issue does not exist. At least SRAM will acknowledge their shit is shitty when it shits the bed.
Negative. Would have considered a pair otherwise to complement Pit Viper shades.
Yeah, we really need to call them on this at every event shimano attends. It came down to a "you should get a couple seasons out of them"...and then we are waiting for a massive lever seal failure and possible death. I would make as big of a scene as possible about this.
If it was a faulty axle, then what other Rocky's have defective axles? If they suspected installer error, they probably should have said so, even if it came off a little cunty to blame it on Pink Bike.
Even if they're assuming it was an unrepeatable freak manufacturing error, the thing to say is "We're still trying to track down the cause, but we're confident this was a one-off event" that would at least give some basis for their claim that the rest of them are safe. Their argument now is that this was the first time it ever happened, so it'll probably never happen again, which isn't very reassuring.
Really, I'd have just gone with the Yeti "pre-production" line if I wasn't going to float an actual theory on the failure, people make fun of Yeti for it, but based on how many I see on the trail it didn't seem to hurt.
Bedtimes?
What are you going to sodo....
Um never mind i dont wanna know
Also um i thought udi was token?
Now kidwoo and udi are both token?
Assimilation into
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What are you going to sodo....
Um never mind i dont wanna know
Also um i thought udi was token?
Now kidwoo and udi are both token?
Assimilation into
kiUDwIoo "the singularity"
too civilized
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Not what I'm thinking and there may be no acceptable frame at that time, something semi-aggressive that has decent geometry.
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Sure, I have a set to sell for that price.