Kell
Veteran
- Location
- High Wycombe/London
What I'm getting at is that as a rider it's very unlikely the OP has managed to get penetrating fluid anywhere near the interior of the hub.
What I think is wrong of them is that when a part fails and they don't know the cause for them point the finger at the user.
If they genuinely thought the OP had caused the damage they wouldn't have replaced it.
If everyone else is thinking that 2,500 miles is acceptable for a hub to fail then you've got waaaaay lower expectations than me.
My last bike did over 10,000 miles on the same pair of wheels in commuting duty, and when the frame cracked, the only thing I kept were the wheels as they were still perfect.
And not only that, they were only £125 for the pair instead of the rather more expensive £170 for just the rear.
Yes I know the wheels are smaller, so they make more revolutions, but if you read my last comment on the thread I posted about my rim splitting, I'd just watched the Greg Wallace programme about the Brompton factory and the MD said they make the wheels particulary strong to cope with commuting.
Not in my opinion.
What I think is wrong of them is that when a part fails and they don't know the cause for them point the finger at the user.
If they genuinely thought the OP had caused the damage they wouldn't have replaced it.
If everyone else is thinking that 2,500 miles is acceptable for a hub to fail then you've got waaaaay lower expectations than me.
My last bike did over 10,000 miles on the same pair of wheels in commuting duty, and when the frame cracked, the only thing I kept were the wheels as they were still perfect.
And not only that, they were only £125 for the pair instead of the rather more expensive £170 for just the rear.
Yes I know the wheels are smaller, so they make more revolutions, but if you read my last comment on the thread I posted about my rim splitting, I'd just watched the Greg Wallace programme about the Brompton factory and the MD said they make the wheels particulary strong to cope with commuting.
Not in my opinion.