Gixxerman
Guru
- Location
- Market Rasen
My brothers partner has just bought a BSO from Argos. But after they built it, they could not stop the front brakes from binding on one side, So they asked to look at it.
Well it was reduced from £100 to £70, and if I am being honest, it isn't worth £50.
Plastic brake levers and terrible paint finish with runs all over it, poor quality fasteners and plastic pedals.
Anyhow back to the problem. No matter how much adjusting to the brake screws, I could not get them to contact the wheel at the same point in their travel. It was then that I noticed why - the wheel was not straight in the dropouts, and was about 1/2 inch nearer to one fork that the other. So it is impossible to get it to work correctly. So I took it to bits and put it back in the box and told her to send it back.
Well it was reduced from £100 to £70, and if I am being honest, it isn't worth £50.
Plastic brake levers and terrible paint finish with runs all over it, poor quality fasteners and plastic pedals.
Anyhow back to the problem. No matter how much adjusting to the brake screws, I could not get them to contact the wheel at the same point in their travel. It was then that I noticed why - the wheel was not straight in the dropouts, and was about 1/2 inch nearer to one fork that the other. So it is impossible to get it to work correctly. So I took it to bits and put it back in the box and told her to send it back.