In the middle of January we purchased a shiney new Trek 220 mtb for our lad. We went out for a ride yesterday, his second proper ride on it, and whilst hosing it down afterwards I noticed that there were rusty water marks running down eitherside from the front suspension 'fork bridge'. I'm pretty miffed at this considering it's six weeks old, been kept in a dry garage and done less than 20 miles. I cleaned it up and sprayed some GT85 round the area for now, but thats not going to be a long term fix obviously. Without closer examination, it appears to be around the 'back side' of the welds between the bridge and the forks.
This shop isn't one I normally use but was the only Trek dealer local to me and we wanted to get him a good branded bike rather than something from the likes of Halfords.
I don't know whether to treat it and paint up whats needed myself or go back and complain to the LBS, what can they practically do, are they really likely to replace the forks without a load of hassle? Is this type of wear considered acceptable? Any advice?
Chris
This shop isn't one I normally use but was the only Trek dealer local to me and we wanted to get him a good branded bike rather than something from the likes of Halfords.
I don't know whether to treat it and paint up whats needed myself or go back and complain to the LBS, what can they practically do, are they really likely to replace the forks without a load of hassle? Is this type of wear considered acceptable? Any advice?
Chris