• The notches were fine, it was just seized . I appreciate sometimes there is no saving a part, but I would have also appreciated a phone call to say , we're about to try this, do you want us to carry on? Anyway its done, more importantly I need to find the freehub.

  • ... but I would have also appreciated a phone call...

    Presumably taking an angle grinder to someone's wheel isn't out of the ordinary for them: fix puncture, wrap bars, hack bits off someone's wheel, same old same old...

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