http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic en-US Wed, 30 May 2012 01:23:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/4#post-313682 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:03:59 +0000 compositepro 313682@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>There are some funny things happen that are beyond the designers control bad heat treat? bad alloy constituents.. wrong welding rod.let CY get to the bottom of it before the firing squad line up!!!!! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/4#post-313631 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:36:40 +0000 juan 313631@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>well that is because of your riding style ton you ride like shite <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> <br /> never snap anything, I have ding a rear rim once. Oh and I usually use the pedal to the very end <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>As said everything break. I have seen one guy on here that have bent a HJ. I trash mine as much as I can even doing what people on here would call hard core XC going down small small step (1-1.2m high)and guess what, mine hasn't break yet...</p> <p>So as said shite happen. Bike are getting more and more technical, they need more and more attention to be able to work correctly so if you forget to check something and get some play in the bike failure like that can happen....<br /> There is no such thing as "secret" in the bike industry. If a bike is too light it will break... If you cant ride or dont take care of your bike it will break too.</p> <p>If you want a risk free life stop biking and start doing like SFB, pootling around big puddle to take some pictures of girls' asses.</p> <p>*** Note that mistere don't have some valid points </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/4#post-313558 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:10:32 +0000 kennyp 313558@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I tried a Hemlock at the recent Glentress demo day and loved it. There's a fair chance it'll be my next bike. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/4#post-313529 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:57:45 +0000 ton 313529@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>mugboo, nail/head<br /> think of all the bikes being ridden in the uk.....<br /> shyte happens, but not very often.<br /> tho i did once snap a orange sub zero.....pile of crap <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=":wink:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/4#post-313520 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:53:39 +0000 Mugboo 313520@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>One or two Singletraction boys have snapped 5 spots as well, but most people haven't. Most people won't snap a Hemlock but if they do it'll be sorted.</p> <p>I know a bloke who had to replace a gearbox in a month old VW Golf but i'd still buy one of them.. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/4#post-313443 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:33:50 +0000 shortbread_fanylion 313443@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Mistere - you're a cynic. And you'd better avoid Ellsworth's.....not that I'm bitter at all.... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/4#post-313368 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:09:47 +0000 Mistere 313368@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>LOving my Hemlock and if it goes wrong i'll trust Cy to put it right. </blockquote><br /> <blockquote>...loving my hemlock, but I am a tad worried that the fecker will snap when I'm somewhere in the middle of nowhere! </blockquote></p> <p>Am I the only one who is slightly shocked by this view? As if a frame snapping, never mind at such a critical place, is 'no big deal' and just a matter of getting it replaced with the worst case scenario being a glum walk home?</p> <p>What happens if someone breaks one doing a 6ft drop for example? It's not as if these frames aren't going to be used for such riding, someone above mentioned using one for DH.<br /> Worse case scenario suddenly becomes smashed ankles or a broken back.</p> <p><blockquote>I do like the way the desginer has come on and explained about his product which would give me the confidence to buy one.</blockquote><br /> Really?! Call me a cynic (because I probably am rather cynical at the best of times) but it doesn't take much for a designer to give a few excuses in technobabble about why it <em>shouldn't</em> have broken, yet the fact still stands: it did. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/3#post-313366 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:09:00 +0000 Rickos 313366@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>On my way home tonight I came down a long steep road section so pulled the rear brake and looked at the stay for a wee while. And guess what? Solid as a rock, no bowing at all so I don't really know what BikeDoodar are on about. And as for snappage, Cy is a lot bigger than me and prolly rides a damn site harder and faster too and that's good enough for me.</p> <p>Suffice to say I love my Hemlock. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/3#post-313331 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:56:46 +0000 rob2 313331@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Agree with Mugboo, loving my hemlock, but I am a tad worried that the fecker will snap when I'm somewhere in the middle of nowhere! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/3#post-313323 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:52:31 +0000 Mugboo 313323@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>LOving my Hemlock and if it goes wrong i'll trust Cy to put it right. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/3#post-312536 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:05:01 +0000 benjag 312536@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Cy, go for the external butted chainstays, I'll need a Hemlock even more then. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/3#post-312054 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:52:38 +0000 bigyinn 312054@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Far too reasonable Hora?</p> <p>Wheres the wild conjecture and promises to wee in the welders shoes after owning him with some bombers? This sort of agreeable chit chat really isn't on here is it?<br /> STW has a reputation to uphold you know. It not just yourself you're letting down here! <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_mrgreen.gif" title=":mrgreen:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/3#post-311606 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:00:52 +0000 higgo 311606@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote><strong>hora</strong>said ...I don't want to say too much on it... It would be disingenuous/unfair to enter a dialogue and publish it in a public medium at the sametime.</blockquote></p> <p>Let's hope this kind of responsible attitude doesn't catch on round these parts! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/3#post-311382 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:58:42 +0000 hora 311382@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I dont want to say too much on it (I crashed twice on the ti456- over the bars) but none on the summer season. It would be disingenuous/unfair to enter a dialogue and publish it in a public medium at the sametime. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/3#post-311259 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:23:46 +0000 duckman 311259@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>New Hemlock arrives May/June. Angus council come into Cyclesheme May/June. The eternal ying and yang continues, bringing together the salary sacrifice and the shiny new kit (catches fly with chopsticks while sitting in the lotus position) </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/3#post-311251 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:21:56 +0000 ahwiles 311251@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>my best guess on the 18bikes/Deejay Hemlock snappage would be loose pinch bolts?</p> <p>(chainstays are under tension, if those bolts come loose it would allow a spreading load on the 'eye')</p> <p>i'll keep an eye on mine... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/3#post-311228 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:15:26 +0000 ChrisS 311228@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Be interesting to see what On-One say about it I guess..... I assume they'll send you a nice shiny new replacement given how little it's been used? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/3#post-311215 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:12:32 +0000 higgo 311215@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote><strong>hora</strong> said... I found a crack on my 456 Summer season yesterday </blockquote></p> <p>Did you get a Summer season out of it?<br /> And a Winter and a good part of Spring? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/3#post-311131 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:44:47 +0000 hora 311131@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Where the seat stay meets the seat tube- seems to start thinly (you wouldnt even notice it on its own) along the weld then 'pangs' out for about 5mm. Its in an odd-place however these things do happen from time to time I guess. After all its a mtb product that is shaken constantly/stressed etc- A manufacturer shouldnt get grief/pointed at etc. Kinda compounds what I said/felt yesterday on this thread even more now. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/that-hemlock-review-on-biketragic/page/3#post-311112 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:40:02 +0000 ChrisS 311112@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>How the hell did a summer season crack? Got any more info Hora? I thought they were nigh on indestructable.... </p>