moorey
call me Mia
A little grease on the pedal threads?
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ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Anything heavy hitting, I always use a socket hex. Pedals and cranks especially.
A decent set can be bought at a bunnings relatively cheap, reckon my set are kinchrome and have been 100% for many years.
The flex in a allen key with very tight bolts is crap, stick one of these on a breaker bar and shit just pops off.
Calvin27
Eats Squid
Iv'e got those and I actually find the opposite. The more parts between my hand and the bit the more sloppy I find it. I've used those successfulyl for larger sizes, but for smaller than 6mm I find an allen key is still less likely to round the bolt.
Pedal on said bike for 7 years straight. Got to be some kind of record. BB and pedals never replaced until the car wiped the poor bike out.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
ausdb
Being who he is
Put some penetrating oil on the threads and let it soak in overnight (Reducteur / Penetrene or similar). Then after its had a good soak heat it up with an old fashioned incandescent lamp shining on for a couple of hours so it's well and truly hot, don't just wave a hot air gun on it for a couple of minutes.
Then next is probably a little hard to do as far as getting the crank arm against a solid surface so it can't bounce around if it's still on the bike. Use and inhex impact socket Toolking Inhex socket on an impact driver and give it a few good belts to loosen the threads, of course make sure you have your impact driver set the right way if its a left hand thread!
If you can get the crank arm off the bike then it's probably easier to do this step off the bike then if you need to put the crankarm back on the bike when you go to undo it at the end.
Calvin27
Eats Squid
Thanks, thankfully have had this a few times. Did exactly that method but it did require pedal removal and a vice.
Killer deal on Mezzers for the Manitou fans like myself. Almost half the price of 38's
$999 in either 27.5 or 29
https://www.cyclingdeal.com.au/buy/manitou-mezzer-pro-mountain-bike-fork-29-180mm-t/FK-MT-ME29
$999 in either 27.5 or 29
https://www.cyclingdeal.com.au/buy/manitou-mezzer-pro-mountain-bike-fork-29-180mm-t/FK-MT-ME29
the drizzle
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I can't see the offset listed on either, sent them a question regarding offset and production date. Wouldn't mind swapping out my 36 for another mezzer.
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I did the same, I'm more interested in the production date, the photo is the V3 lowers but likely just a manufacturers stock image.
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hellmansam
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Yeah....I was thinking cyclingdeal could be clearing old stock with the flaws, not such a bargain IF that's the case
I emailed them a few months back to get a price and they told me they can’t get them in. It seems strange now they have them for a super deal.
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Think you meant they said they can't get them? I also emailed close to release to see if they would get them, they said no. I think cycling deal are opportunists, they jump on closeouts to sell cheap while retaining good margin for them. Would not be surprised if these are 1st gen in traditional offset, would be stoked if they are not.
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Yes I did thanks. I typed it on the phone.
If they were not willing to get them in for a normal sale then I wonder how keen they would be to help with any warranty or after sales service.
moorey
call me Mia
My experience with Cyclingdeal and manitou warranty is a solid -4/10. It was that bad, Manitou head office used my case in a ‘how not to’ training session. True story.
rockmoose
his flabber is totally gastered
Did they use the photo that shall remain unseen in their PowerPoint presentation?
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moorey
call me Mia
I typed up a long description of my experience, but decided not to post. Hopefully Cyclingdeal have their shit together now, but I certainly won’t buy anything from them.
Edit happy to provide more info to anyone interested individually. I can’t praise Shockcraft more highly.
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I went through Hayes directly for the updated replace the V1 lowers for the V3 as I purchased them from Wiggle back on Oct last year. They were fantastic with the whole progress even with Covid delays. HI'm considering another pair for my Prime. I would just going be through Hayes again as the offset doesn't bother me( it's over stated).
As far as I know Shockcraft doesn't do warranties anymore unless you purchased from him.
As far as I know Shockcraft doesn't do warranties anymore unless you purchased from him.
Me too!
I should have reached out to Hayes before I sent my mattoc back to wiggle, but because of wiggles initial 6 week delay in responding the more problematic issue further developed.
I just hit 11 weeks from the initial warranty enquiry, apparently the fork has been with the u.k disto for about 2 weeks...still nothing.
I had initially considered shock craft & just paying for the bushing & stiction solution but when the stantion wear appeared...I wasn't going to replace a CSU. The fork was only about 8 weeks old (approx 30 hrs) at the initial enquiry.
On a positive note I did get to try out a mullet setup on a bike not designed for it as a friend lent me a 140mm 29 unicorn fork & wheel, if the remedy had a proper low BB setting then id seriously consider heading down that path. I only picked up a 2nd hand diamond 27.5 fork last weekend so I'm back to a more familiar setup....still prefer the manitou feel though...
moorey
call me Mia
My first ever set had a CSU creak from new. Bought from wiggle, so I sent them back for warranty. 3 months without word or reply pass...They then claimed they’d sent to manitou for checking and no issue was found. Thing was, I’d contacted manitou myself to see if they’d heard anything. Wiggle had not sent them to any manitou repairer, there was no record of them.
I informed wiggle of this, and got an embarrassed reply that seemed to acknowledge they had bullshitted me, then promptly had a new CSU fitted.
They then got lost in transit for a further 3 months, misplaced in a Brussels warehouse.
Wiggle wouldn’t refund until verified as lost, shipping company wouldn’t verify as lost...just ‘current whereabouts unknown’
I’d given up, then they just turned up out of the blue. Over 6 months after sending them off. A month later, wiggle emailed me that they were still missing
I hung them on the shelf then swapped with @Hipstar for a frame. He rode about 2x then sold to @Boom King cheap. They will be mine again one day.
I informed wiggle of this, and got an embarrassed reply that seemed to acknowledge they had bullshitted me, then promptly had a new CSU fitted.
They then got lost in transit for a further 3 months, misplaced in a Brussels warehouse.
Wiggle wouldn’t refund until verified as lost, shipping company wouldn’t verify as lost...just ‘current whereabouts unknown’
I’d given up, then they just turned up out of the blue. Over 6 months after sending them off. A month later, wiggle emailed me that they were still missing
I hung them on the shelf then swapped with @Hipstar for a frame. He rode about 2x then sold to @Boom King cheap. They will be mine again one day.