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^^^ Did that guy actually think he'd land a jump like that on a hardtail bike, without a landing ramp?
springy rear ends are for pussies
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Bought it in a shop - they then spoke to Halo and relayed the response. I'm not naming the outlet because they've been reasonable about sorting something else out for me since it's become clear that Halo aren't going to play ball.
Halo apparently claim that it isn't under warranty as 1] I installed the cog and lockring myself and 2] "they haven't had any other complaints yet" (though see geoffersmaher's post above). I told the shop that I wasn't really fussed about warranty, I was claiming under my statutory rights to a product "fit for purpose" (middle-class Watchdog viewer FTW). I'm now off to collect a wheel with a different hub and they can sort it out with Halo if they want to.
Long and the short of it is that the hub threading failed, fairly dramatically, after 3 months' of uneventful use and a recent check-over and lockring tightening (by me). Apparently this can happen to cheaper hubs made from softer alloy. For instance, it happened twice in a row to a friend of mine with the stock wheels on his Pista, which were eventually replaced for a Miche/Mavic wheelset by his LBS at no cost.
Still glad that you've not had any problems yet and hope that they continue working. Despite my experience it's possible that I just had bad luck. :)
Sorry to hear mate. I can't understand why they wouldn't replace the hub for you. If you could find out who your shop talked to I could give them a ring and ask them what is up with that...
Usually ID are pretty good at replacing stuff under warranty if you just ask them nicely and don't BS.
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titanium is *slightly Paramagnetic*, so you'll be powerless against Magneto.
Fixed. (takes geek glasses off)
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I'm recanting. Don't buy them for all the white powdercoat in China.
I stripped the rear hub on my Aerorage (after 3 months of trouble-free riding) and found myself doing a nice relaxing freewheel into oncoming traffic when I should have been stopped at a junction.
Apparently the rep said that they hadn't had any returns on them yet, so obviously that's cool. No need to take defects seriously, so long as it's a new product that you've just released!
Sorry MrSmith. You were obstreperous but also completely right.
In fairness, I should add that my front wheel (also Aerorage) hasn't bent, caught fire or attempted to smother me yet.
Do you work in a shop or did you buy the wheel from an outlet? If the latter, then you should go through the shop where you bought the wheel and they will deal with Halo. If the hub has broken due to a manufacture defect then it will be under warranty. If you did try to contact Halo directly having bought it from a dealer, this may explain the attitude you got from them... Who was it you talked to? Did you get a name?
I have had the rear aerorage wheel for a couple of months now and not had any problems. As for the thread 'looking' shit, get the anodised black ones. they 'look' pretty sweet.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to_Ayfu7xg8&feature=related
sorry if this is a repost.
Although a good example of 'instant karma', a part of me still feels sorry for the kid...
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I'm going to recommend Sakura in Hanover street (as usual) but you may have to book on a Friday evening.
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and has got everything: Cyclists, Mafia, crazy old ladies, beautiful animation, crazy music and one big fat dog.
See? Now that sounds a lot better than:
drug use, gang rape, copious amounts of pointless violence, hardcore porn scenes, menstruation...
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I 'Heart' this bike.
+1 this bike is amazing
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Baise Moi, its got it all, drug use, gang rape, copious amounts of pointless violence, hardcore porn scenes, menstruation...
And il give Irreversible a 2nd vote, watching the rape scene was the 1st time i'd ever felt physically affected (sick) by a film.
Salo is alright but its a bit pointless, you keep thinking its gonna get good n there's gonna be some proper fucking etc but it never arrives.
Man Bites Dog is quite funny in places and mildly disturbing in others.
Delicassen and City of Lost Children are both really good. Very stylish and with good story lines.
Anatomy of Hell if your into hairy armpits and periods.I can't believe you put Irreversible after Baise Moi! Irreversible, quite apart from being a bit disturbing and violent, was actually a 'proper' film. Baise moi, on the other hand, was a pretty poor hashing together of 'graphic scenes of a sexual nature' and was pretty much sold on that basis. Boring as hell IMO.
"drug use"? Is that really a selling point for a film? If i wanted to see drug use I could see it for real just by hanging out in pretty much any underground carpark at this time of year and not have to feel bad about the fact that I will never get the 77 minutes i wasted watching Baise Moi back.
...er, IMO
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yeah that air's too expensive for me. I'm using that cheap air-like stuff they use to keep the passengers alive on long flights.
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I used bits of a hammered-flat baked bean tin before and never had any problems after that.... worth a go?
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My tyres get flat after a month or so. Should i pump them up? Help?
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Bavksi is an old nickname which is a bastardisation of my real name.
One of my mates used to do this with everyone's name and my nickname evolved thus:
Dave Cole
Davil Knavil (like that daredevil with the pretty helmet)
Bovril Knovril (adding a bit of that 'popular' warm drink in there)
Bavski Knavski (making it sound a bit more Russian or something)The names this guy used to call me may have evolved further, but it was the Bavski thing that stuck. Snore.
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bavski, imaging that you only drink decaf coffee all your life, until one day you decided to try real coffee.
now replace decaf with halo, and real coffee with real tyres (i.e. continental, vittoria, etc.).
I think this is more of a 'it aint broke so why fix it?' situation.
I bought the halos as I like them on all my other bikes, and they seem fine to me. if they wear through I might buy something else. Hell, I might fit some tubular steel cranks just to piss everyone off...
Don't drink coffee either... could you write an analogy with tea in? Thanks
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It's not about class, or age, or who the fuck likes Boris Johnson.
The fact of the matter is, Jade Goody is a massive twat who just happens to be dying of cancer. End of.
Roy Castle was just an example I used to hilight the plight of a person (there are thousands of them out there, both celebrity and non-celebrity) who was diagnosed with a terminal disease and actually did something positive, not for himself, but for other people; in the hope that his small actions might indeed help a great many others in their dealing with a similar problem. I'm sure you'll see a few hundred of them running the London Marathon in little over a months time; Jade Goody tried one year but oh no, she didn't do a single bit of exercise for it. Yeah, good effort love.
You can sit here and argue the toss of "Oh but it's the media.. we feed the media machine.. she's a product of society.. her poor kids.. woe is her" and all of that hippy bullshit until the cows come home but the fact of the matter is Jade Goody has always been take, take and more take. Even now, on the walk to her death bed, she's taking even more money. If she's so fucking lovely, why doesn't her final act involve liquidising her assets, setting up The Jade Goody Cancer Research Fund and making her kids (albeit when/if they are of a certain educational level to manage a fund) the bosses? That might set them up for life in a better way?
Thousands of ordinary people die every day of diseases and it's a sad view of society to see so much attention shown for one person, who just so happens to be a vile specimen of that society.
end of my rant. goodbye.
+1 couldn't have said it better myself
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Why the fuck?
They are pretty cack. Can't skid on 'em, scary as shit in the wet = no good.I haven't had any problems with the wet and slipping personally and i've been out in some proper gash conditions...
One of my other bikes is a rigid MTB set up for dirt/street so the twin rail is perfect for the back tyre - low rolling resistance and good cornering. Also got a pair of twin rails on my wild wacky action bike for leaving in public places and not worrying about it getting nicked. never had a problem with slipping out on those either - even been riding on the sidewalls on some *really *tight corners...
oh well each to their own. i likes em (obviously)
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yeah seem fine to me, but i have twin rails on pretty much every bike i have so i might be a bit biased... (see names and faces to bikes)
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Don't be so quick to assume you know where the noise was coming from... it might *sound *like it was coming from the left pedal, but from experience it could be all sorts incl. the bottom bracket/left crank interface, the seatpost/saddle (see above) or even the seatpost in the frame.
you'd be surprised how easily sound likes to travel around a tightly set-up bike
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Abandoned chalk pits at the age of 14. Faceplanted from about 20 feet up having landed on my MTB front wheel. Instantly got up and 'fixed' my front wheel by cursing and kicking by which time I realised that I couldn't remember where I lived, nor what had happened for the entire day up until that point.
Best crash ever!