Cipollini - Educate Me
Discussion
ChrisMCoupe said:
Keeping things back on topic however... Good effort on getting the bike back on the road so quickly for the weekend. At the end of the day it's your POJ and if you can justify the cost of the forks, i'd always go OEM too. 
Cheers. Apparently it has to be the OEM forks anyway, other forks do not have the exact same rake to fit, so would have to be specifically made to have the same rake.Was supposed to get the bike back today, however, the original bike shop massively over tightened the BB meaning when this bike shop have tried to remove it, the carbon crank has sheared and is now damaged. The other bike shop only tightened it a few months ago to try and eliminate a creak I had. It will no doubt not be documented by them, so will no doubt be denied if ever I was to ask, so it looks like I am going to have to fork out for a new chainset now too. The suppliers have been contacted to see if it can be dealt with as a warranty issue as the bike is only a year old, won't know the result now until next week.
I took it in a while back, months now, as I had an unknown creak. They re greased the bottom bracket and tightened it right up in order to eliminate the creak, which it did.
Yesterday I went down to where the bike is and the current chap showed me the tools and all the parts in detail. He has taken pictures, contacted the supplier and named the original bike shop as it has only ever been them that has dealt with the bike over the last 12 months.
I am wondering whether to compile a lengthy complaint against the initial bike shop. Turns out my head set bearing had never been greased, it was taken out and was rusty as hell. Again I was shown all this, and shown the replacement that he has put in. There is so much I can list now that they have done, or rather not done, that is laughable. However it will all just be denied no doubt.
Yesterday I went down to where the bike is and the current chap showed me the tools and all the parts in detail. He has taken pictures, contacted the supplier and named the original bike shop as it has only ever been them that has dealt with the bike over the last 12 months.
I am wondering whether to compile a lengthy complaint against the initial bike shop. Turns out my head set bearing had never been greased, it was taken out and was rusty as hell. Again I was shown all this, and shown the replacement that he has put in. There is so much I can list now that they have done, or rather not done, that is laughable. However it will all just be denied no doubt.
Im not sure, it is BB30 compatible but when he showed it me the thread of the spline was visible and had pressed into the carbon fibre crank. I am not mechanically minded so struggle to explain it in any further depth, but I know the UK supplier has been contacted and sent a load of images to back up the series of events. It's just another set back at the hands of the south african IT consultant who previously worked on my bike.
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