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Channel 9 news - bike recall
Did anyone else see the Channel 9 news about the bike recall on brakes.
I only caught part of the story. Basically they said any new bike in the past 4 years worth more than $2000 has a potential fault with the brakes. They also said the fault could only be recognised by your LBS (obviously some black art associated with this knowledge and probably a secret handshake in there too). Dave B. |
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Channel 9 news - bike recall
DaveB wrote:
Did anyone else see the Channel 9 news about the bike recall on brakes. I only caught part of the story. Basically they said any new bike in the past 4 years worth more than $2000 has a potential fault with the brakes. They also said the fault could only be recognised by your LBS (obviously some black art associated with this knowledge and probably a secret handshake in there too). "any new bike in the past 4 years worth more than $2000" is a VERY broad statement, are you sure they said exactly that? I just did a search on ninemsn, and couldn't find anything under their news or ACA entries. -- Linux Registered User # 302622 http://counter.li.org |
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Channel 9 news - bike recall
John Tserkezis wrote in message
DaveB wrote: Did anyone else see the Channel 9 news about the bike recall on brakes. I only caught part of the story. Basically they said any new bike in the past 4 years worth more than $2000 has a potential fault with the brakes. They also said the fault could only be recognised by your LBS (obviously some black art associated with this knowledge and probably a secret handshake in there too). "any new bike in the past 4 years worth more than $2000" is a VERY broad statement, are you sure they said exactly that? I just did a search on ninemsn, and couldn't find anything under their news or ACA entries. Nothing at http://www.recalls.gov.au/recalls_last30days.cfm either. -- "I'm proud that I live in a country where witnessing two hours of bloody, barbarous torture in gloating detail is considered indicia of religious piety, whereas a mere second gazing upon a woman's breast is cause for outraged apoplexy." Betty Bowers, http://www.bettybowers.com/melgibsonpassion.html |
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Channel 9 news - bike recall
Any mention of a manufacturer??
"DaveB" wrote in message ... Did anyone else see the Channel 9 news about the bike recall on brakes. I only caught part of the story. Basically they said any new bike in the past 4 years worth more than $2000 has a potential fault with the brakes. They also said the fault could only be recognised by your LBS (obviously some black art associated with this knowledge and probably a secret handshake in there too). Dave B. |
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John Tserkezis wrote: DaveB wrote: Did anyone else see the Channel 9 news about the bike recall on brakes. I only caught part of the story. Basically they said any new bike in the past 4 years worth more than $2000 has a potential fault with the brakes. They also said the fault could only be recognised by your LBS (obviously some black art associated with this knowledge and probably a secret handshake in there too). "any new bike in the past 4 years worth more than $2000" is a VERY broad statement, are you sure they said exactly that? I just did a search on ninemsn, and couldn't find anything under their news or ACA entries. Yeah they defintiely said that. It was a bit strange for a news article, seemed more like a ACA or Today Tonight beatup. It was saying one of the bolts holding the brakes on was susceptible to coming loose and hence a brake failure. They had a couple of interviews with LBS owners. I assumed that rather than a brand of bike the problem is with a brand of brake. But like I said they were really thin on specifics, just saying you should go to the LBS. Dave B. |
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Channel 9 news - bike recall
"DaveB" wrote in message
John Tserkezis wrote: DaveB wrote: Did anyone else see the Channel 9 news about the bike recall on brakes. I only caught part of the story. Basically they said any new bike in the past 4 years worth more than $2000 has a potential fault with the brakes. They also said the fault could only be recognised by your LBS (obviously some black art associated with this knowledge and probably a secret handshake in there too). "any new bike in the past 4 years worth more than $2000" is a VERY broad statement, are you sure they said exactly that? I just did a search on ninemsn, and couldn't find anything under their news or ACA entries. Yeah they defintiely said that. It was a bit strange for a news article, seemed more like a ACA or Today Tonight beatup. It was saying one of the bolts holding the brakes on was susceptible to coming loose and hence a brake failure. They had a couple of interviews with LBS owners. I assumed that rather than a brand of bike the problem is with a brand of brake. But like I said they were really thin on specifics, just saying you should go to the LBS. Dave B. Sounds like they've picked up on the quick release loosening under heavy braking loads when using disk brakes. Which is either a beat-up or a serious issue being ignored by the manufacturers depending on who you talk to. Rob |
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Channel 9 news - bike recall
"Parbs" wrote in message ... "DaveB" wrote in message John Tserkezis wrote: DaveB wrote: Did anyone else see the Channel 9 news about the bike recall on brakes. I only caught part of the story. Basically they said any new bike in the past 4 years worth more than $2000 has a potential fault with the brakes. They also said the fault could only be recognised by your LBS (obviously some black art associated with this knowledge and probably a secret handshake in there too). "any new bike in the past 4 years worth more than $2000" is a VERY broad statement, are you sure they said exactly that? I just did a search on ninemsn, and couldn't find anything under their news or ACA entries. Yeah they defintiely said that. It was a bit strange for a news article, seemed more like a ACA or Today Tonight beatup. It was saying one of the bolts holding the brakes on was susceptible to coming loose and hence a brake failure. They had a couple of interviews with LBS owners. I assumed that rather than a brand of bike the problem is with a brand of brake. But like I said they were really thin on specifics, just saying you should go to the LBS. Dave B. Sounds like they've picked up on the quick release loosening under heavy braking loads when using disk brakes. Which is either a beat-up or a serious issue being ignored by the manufacturers depending on who you talk to. Rob Was not related to disc brakes. They said it was "the pivot nut" that holds the brakes to the fork. They also seemed to imply it was related to carbon forks (and hence the "over $2000" reference??). They showed the Shimano Integra front brake. Not sure whether this was just an example....or it's the groupset involved. Typical Channel 9.....all it was missing was "if you've lost your front brake and mangled yourself email us at ......". David |
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Channel 9 news - bike recall
I,ve been told that a girl had an accident racing in Melbourne a fe
months back, and the cause had supposedly been tracked down to the bol marrying the brakes to the fork being too small. According to my LBS the bolt supplied by some bikes coming out of Taiwan is only long enoug for the nut to pick up about 3 threads, and as any apprentice rocke scientist should know, not good. But as my LBS explained, the proble then falls into the hands of the mechanic putting the bike together. If when installing the brake, he/she comes across the bolt in question...i is their responsibility to reject the supplied bolt and re-supply on that's a bit longer and adequelty accommodates the nut. I was told t check mine, although I know that my mech's wouldn't have passed it on i it wasn't right. I was told that they have replaced a few now I didn't see the thing on the tele. The '..all bikes under $2000' sound like the kind of cock-up that channel nine is famous for ~j - |
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Channel 9 news - bike recall
Sorry..'..over $2000' - (lactic acid on brain perhaps)
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Channel 9 news - bike recall
Can't find any product recall anywhere, a small story in Saturdays Ag
was generally...vague. No mention of groupsets etc Keep a eye on these sites; http://www.bikeoz.com/news.ph http://www.recalls.gov.au - |
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