Tales from today's commute....

[MisterStan]

Saw this on his twitter feed, not good is it?
Apparently they (Ribble) only offer a 12 month warranty on their frames and this was nearer 4 years old, they have offered a 'soiled' frame as replacement as a goodwill gesture
Not a great advert for their frames if they are only confident in them lasting 1 year.

Frankly that's disgusting!

 

[BSRU]

Saw this on his twitter feed, not good is it?
Apparently they (Ribble) only offer a 12 month warranty on their frames and this was nearer 4 years old, they have offered a 'soiled' frame as replacement as a goodwill gesture
Not a great advert for their frames if they are only confident in them lasting 1 year.

They're definitely not going to be on my N+1 list, think I stick to frames with a lifetime warranty.

 

[I like Skol]

Hasn't someone else of this parish (@Hacienda71 maybe?) suffered a failed Ribble frame? I may be getting confused, perhaps the replacement was a Ribble?

EDIT: Apparently my memory is too good!

Here is the incident I am thinking of.

 

[Hacienda71]

Hasn't someone else of this parish (@Hacienda71 maybe?) suffered a failed Ribble frame? I may be getting confused, perhaps the replacement was a Ribble?

EDIT: Apparently my memory is too good!

Here is the incident I am thinking of.

That frame is still going strong albeit as a bad weather bike and the crack has not changed. The bike is a few years old with a 1" steerer. That one on Magnatom's bike was a crack straight through one of the main tubes, a catastrophic and total failure. Ribble should refund that or they will start getting bad press.

 

[Black Country Ste]

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Serves them right for pavement parking.

 

[Booyaa]

That doesn't sound good, though the way you've phrased it you know what causes it? GWS by the way, and to the bike.

Cheers mate. I had brain surgery a couple of years back due to an AVM being found that presented with seizures. Had thought the medication had controlled the seizures but obviously not well enough!

 

[potsy]

Serves them right for pavement parking.

I thought that just after I'd posted the pic

 

[glenn forger]

Bit of T Cut, be ok.

 

[Fubar]

Cheers mate. I had brain surgery a couple of years back due to an AVM being found that presented with seizures. Had thought the medication had controlled the seizures but obviously not well enough!

Had to look up AVM - even nursie wife didn't know! Sounds like you were lucky it wasn't worse, back to the docs I suppose? All the best bud.

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Waterloo via Three Bridges again,London Bridge,Blackfriars Bridge and Lambeth Bridge.Rarely used Lambeth Bridge,probably less than five times ever and was welcomed on the bridge by a single decker bus which cut me up twice.Not really too much of a problem and soon lost the offending bus by the time I got back to Westminster Bridge.Ride home without too many problems although the usual p155heads were out plus a few boy racers.

 

[potsy]

Serves them right for pavement parking.

Just an update from 'lorry gate' it now appears the car wasn't parked but the driver mounted the pavement in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid the overturning lorry
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...i-driver-escapes-5780526#.UhhqBX-6Jbw.twitter

 

[Black Country Ste]

Just an update from 'lorry gate' it now appears the car wasn't parked but the driver mounted the pavement in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid the overturning lorry
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...i-driver-escapes-5780526#.UhhqBX-6Jbw.twitter

I'm dubious tbh, it's parked too straight! Taking it at face value though that's a lucky escape.

 

[Gez73]

I thought the car was parked myself. Why try to pass and then mount the kerb with an oncoming lorry about to fall over to your side of the road? Gutted for the Audi driver whatever the circumstances. Smoke,still visible from Stockport today from the recycling plant fire. Hope it's sorted for Tuesday.

 

[I like Skol]

The road is still closed at Bredbury, even to pedestrians. I had to divert past the lorry incident spot and cut across the back of Brinny estate to the off road route down to Pear Mill on the way to work this morning. On the way home tonight I just carried on past Homebase toward Gee Cross but had to ride a few hundred yards through the clouds of thick, acrid smoke. It tasted foul and can't have done me any good at all!

 

[potsy]

I had to divert past the lorry incident spot and cut across the back of Brinny estate !

Mention my name to any muggers, I'm sure they'll let you pass

Amazing how long it's taking to sort the fire though, was expecting 2 or 3 days at most.