Expensive Bikes Or Parts You Have Bought And Have Been Crap

grantway

Anyone Bought an expensive Bikes or Bike parts and have been crap!

And how long did it take to get fixed or replaced.?

rd350lc

I bought a hope quick release for the saddle,what a complete waste of my money,I used it twice and have now put back on the standard one that came with the bike.

DO NOT BUY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

warrerj

Mine works a treat !!

sniper68

XTR rear deurailler,lasted 4 rides trashed in a crash.Not the mechs fault TBH,just thought it would be stronger :oops:

RE:Hope seatpost QR,i always have them on my bikes,can't fault 'em

.blitz

I don't recall being disappointed with anything expensive. There have been a few items that realistically weren't worth the money but they performed well, I liked them and to me that's all that matters.

Anonymous

i just got an 08 enduro sl and although i love it, i only had it a week before it needed to be sent away for the fork to be repaired. fair play to spesh they dealt wth it and the fork was back in 2 days, completely overhaued and now working superbly.

as for hope qr, i think they are ace

cycleNoodle

The new Look pedals, lightweight, bling, look great but dont work, takes ages to set them up, you cant adjust the tension and then your feet come out at a bad time!! Dont buy them!!!

dave_hill

Crank Brothers 5050X pedals - biggest pile of garbage going.

The bearings on mine worked loose after seven miles. I stripped them, regreased and rebuilt them (which as an enormous faff because of the size of them) only to have them work loose again within another 20 miles.

The seals are worse than useless and the bearing cones aren't hardened properly and have worn after less than 50 miles use. The only good thing that I can say is that the big platforms support my size 10s perfectly and they're plenty grippy.

I sent an e-mail to Crank Brothers to tell them what I thought of these pedals and the fact that it was colouring my opinion of their other products. Their response was that the 5050Xs are a budget pedal and can't be compared to their more upmarket products; and if I had a problem to take it to the retailer.

Won't be buying Crank Brothers again then... :evil:

rampax

I bought a carbon seatpost from decathlon ages ago.
When I installed it, it slipped during use, so i tightened it some more, and it slipped again.
I tightened it again, and heard a cracking noise.
Couldnt see any damage, so just caried on using it.

I looked at it closely the other day and noticed a slight "ripple" where the clamp seems to have pinched it.

Going to go back to alloy... at some point.

grantway

My Fox RP 23 has sunk twice so waiting for that to return.

sniper68

sheepsteeth wrote:

i just got an 08 enduro sl and although i love it, i only had it a week before it needed to be sent away for the fork to be repaired. fair play to spesh they dealt wth it and the fork was back in 2 days, completely overhaued and now working superbly.

as for hope qr, i think they are ace

My Enduro was the same.The Attitude adjuster wasn't working properly,Spesh told me that the inner fork leg on an "unknown quantity"had been contaminated with laquer,a fault they knew about before it left the factory.Sorted,6 months on god knows how many miles,over 105,000ft of asecent/descent and its superb. 5 year guarantee on fork/shock so total peace of mind 8)

Yeti575

I agree with Dave about the 5050X pedals, although Ididn't have mine long enough to complain. They were that slippy and shite I binned them after exactly two rides - total and utter waste of time and money.

stubs

I bought an expensive set of custom built All Mountain wheels from a well known wheel builder

1st ride bust a spoke they went back for repair

2nd ride bust a spoke they went back for repair

3rd ride yes you guessed it asked for my money back was told as it is a custom build you cant have a refund took me 6 weeks and £80 for a solicitors letter to get my money back

Spent the refund on a wheel building course

Chaka Ping

dave_hill wrote:

I sent an e-mail to Crank Brothers to tell them what I thought of these pedals and the fact that it was colouring my opinion of their other products. Their response was that the 5050Xs are a budget pedal and can't be compared to their more upmarket products; and if I had a problem to take it to the retailer.

Won't be buying Crank Brothers again then... :evil:

I've always steered clear of Crank Brothers products because I've heard so many bad things about their design/manufacturing standards - but this response is the clearest signal I've ever seen to give a manufacturer a wide berth. Truly shocking arrogance.

Anyway, their upmarket products seem to have a bad rep too!

Any company that relies so much on style over substance has got to be heading for trouble.

skullthaw

halo hex squers not as good shuld be nearly had the wheels niked the guy had an allen key set nd i walked out of the shop it was out side nd he did a runn er lol
no harm done though the pillock didnt see the lock

sniper68

Chaka Ping wrote:

dave_hill wrote:

I sent an e-mail to Crank Brothers to tell them what I thought of these pedals and the fact that it was colouring my opinion of their other products. Their response was that the 5050Xs are a budget pedal and can't be compared to their more upmarket products; and if I had a problem to take it to the retailer.

Won't be buying Crank Brothers again then... :evil:

I've always steered clear of Crank Brothers products because I've heard so many bad things about their design/manufacturing standards - but this response is the clearest signal I've ever seen to give a manufacturer a wide berth. Truly shocking arrogance.

Anyway, their upmarket products seem to have a bad rep too!

Any company that relies so much on style over substance has got to be heading for trouble.

I have CB candy C pedals,and they're superb,take everything i throw at them,need very little maintainence,my 2nd pair.I left the 1st pair on the old bike when i traded it in,they were 2 years old and still good

Kiwi Kranker

ibbo68 wrote:

Chaka Ping wrote:

dave_hill wrote:

I sent an e-mail to Crank Brothers to tell them what I thought of these pedals and the fact that it was colouring my opinion of their other products. Their response was that the 5050Xs are a budget pedal and can't be compared to their more upmarket products; and if I had a problem to take it to the retailer.

Won't be buying Crank Brothers again then... :evil:

I've always steered clear of Crank Brothers products because I've heard so many bad things about their design/manufacturing standards - but this response is the clearest signal I've ever seen to give a manufacturer a wide berth. Truly shocking arrogance.

Anyway, their upmarket products seem to have a bad rep too!

Any company that relies so much on style over substance has got to be heading for trouble.

I have CB candy C pedals,and they're superb,take everything i throw at them,need very little maintainence,my 2nd pair.I left the 1st pair on the old bike when i traded it in,they were 2 years old and still good

Everybody has their own experience, I have literally thousands of miles on a set of Crank Brothers Mallets and I am only now thinking of changing out the bearings (I am not convinced they need it either). The system works for me and has worked flawlessly for me.

I guess its luck of the draw with CB kit.

Belphegor

I guess if you've bought an expensive bit of kit, it really shouldn't be a lottery as to how well it performs!

Dazzza

Hope mono/mini/m4 all bad luck with that lot, tried the larger sizes as well, went to formula, nothing but sweet braking.

Spent £50 on a spec bg ti rival saddle, felt like sitting on a razor blade despite getting on well with other bg saddles.

Best buy so far as to be my charge spoon, fantastically comfy, not a single hint of soreness.

Iain C

Slime products.

Slime bands on my bike...bang, thorn through the sidewall. Pssssffffffffttttttt.

Slime tubes on a mates bike...bang, green gunge everywhere (only a small hole). Pssssffffffftttttsquirtsquirtdribble.

I now have Bonty tubeless...not ridden them yet though.

(Waiting for the flaming...I relaise that lots of people swear by slime, I might have just been unlucky...)

BoardinBob

skullthaw wrote:

halo hex squers not as good shuld be nearly had the wheels niked the guy had an allen key set nd i walked out of the shop it was out side nd he did a runn er lol
no harm done though the pillock didnt see the lock

Here's a fiver


You can go and buy some vowels.

landranger

skullthaw wrote:

halo hex squers not as good shuld be nearly had the wheels niked the guy had an allen key set nd i walked out of the shop it was out side nd he did a runn er lol
no harm done though the pillock didnt see the lock

I'll give someone a fiver if they translate for me.

I seriously don't know what this guys on about!

Yoof eh? :roll:

dunker

halo hexagonol or square rims? something like that i think heh

maximus69

someone was trying to steal his nikes outside footlocker, think he was called allen key. my front hope hub bearing is running rough, sending it back. only had it 2 months so not that happy.

justresting

then after chummy (Allen) had stolen skullthaw's nikes he didn't see the lock, fell in and drowned, the dowside was when the nikes dried out they had shrunk two sizes !!!

RussAlf

Im glad someone translated that for me, i couldnt understand a word.

TamesisFWP

Currently going through negotiation with LeisureLakesBikes for repair of the bottom bracket of my son's bike which disintegrated, tossing my lad over the top.

LLB want me to return the bike and they will repair it under the warranty but they are in Preston and we are in the Thames Valley so the cost will be considerable - to us.

My LBS took it to pieces for me and what we found inside was very poor engineering. Shattered ball bearings so small they had no load bearing qualities. We bought the bike because of 24seven's previous great reputation - but are now worried that we have a poorly engineered unit that will give problems in another 3 months time. Oh yuck.

I am sure that LLB will agree that I just return the bracket set and they send a replacement to my LBS and fund their installation. A better quality one I hope.

It will please me to see someone on the ball and I promise a progress report as and when.

Stephen

Bighead

I bought the Pace RC39 80mms for £440 and they are useless. I would describe the problems but I would be here all day. I know as forks go they are not too exensive but they ruin my whole bike. Can't wait to get rid of them!

Surf-Matt

Crank Bros certainly aren't impressing me at the moment.

I do love Hope stuff (got two of their QR seatpost binders) though.

ddraver

Bighead wrote:

I bought the Pace RC39 80mms for £440 and they are useless. I would describe the problems but I would be here all day. I know as forks go they are not too exensive but they ruin my whole bike. Can't wait to get rid of them!

I'd say 440 squids is pretty bloody expensive mate - can you send them back tor something?

cjw

Bighead wrote:

I bought the Pace RC39 80mms for £440 and they are useless. I would describe the problems but I would be here all day. I know as forks go they are not too exensive but they ruin my whole bike. Can't wait to get rid of them!

What's up with it? I thought they were supposed to be the dog's do dahs among forks (among a few others)... didn't Killeen use them?