I'm lucky I get 4 months out of a set of bearings!
Specialized UK's response was "we ride in mud/slop/rain most of the year, so the bearings won't last long". Imagine if Specialized made cars, you'd be out on the driveway every 4 weeks replacing wheel bearings and suspension bushings. Not to mention the footwells would be knee deep in water.
When I wash my enduro, I have to take the bolts out holding the downtube guard to drain the water from the swat box, as there is no sealing on where the cables enter the frame.
I hadn't realised this was how the water was getting in! I had just assumed the swat door wasn't weather proof!
add insult to injury people buy parts on the web then expect him to fit them.
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<div>Nothing wrong with that. The shops I’ve used have never had an issue either.</div>
Imagine if Specialized made cars, you’d be out on the driveway every 4 weeks replacing wheel bearings and suspension bushings. Not to mention the footwells would be knee deep in water.
Sounds like my old abarth 500 🙂
add insult to injury people buy parts on the web then expect him to fit them.
Nothing wrong with that. The shops I’ve used have never had an issue either.
My LBS are openly happy to do it. They get business without the need to stock 57 different varieties of BB/pads/axle/chainring/headset.
I hadn’t realised this was how the water was getting in! I had just assumed the swat door wasn’t weather proof!
Its going to be a contributing source without doubt!
as there is no sealing on where the cables enter the frame
Water is a very good penetrator and this is one reason I feel that frames which route cables through the frame are a bad engineering choice despite looking good.
I currently volunteer at a charity 'bike shop'. I think its the best place for £100 bso types. Our labour is free (although untrained) and parts are scavenged from old wrecks. As a day to day existence, we get recovered bikes from the local police, get them working (somehow!) and sell on for about £50-100. We also do repairs but I couldn't see this being economic if we had lbs overheads.
Im time poor so use my LBS to do jobs I could do but dont have the time.
Back in the summer they did my headset bearings then I picked it up and went for a nice evening ride. Within a 100 yards my dropper post stuck in the down position. Great for training but bloody hard work.
Just as I loaded the bike back into the van thinking I'd have to send the dropper off to get it fixed, I spotted something sticking out of the remote hose. Turns out it was a staple. They had stapled the receipt for the repair round the dropper hose and somehow managed to stick it in the actual hose.
I took it back the next day, pointed it out to the chap who probably did it and asked for it to be fixed. To give them credit the took a hose off a new bike on display and had it all sorted for me that afternoon. No charge, so I didnt mind too much.
I did suggest it must have taken some considerable effort to actually get the staple in the hose. The bloke had a look on his face that suggested he knew exactly how much effort it took.
I currently volunteer at a charity ‘bike shop’. I think its the best place for £100 bso types. Our labour is free (although untrained) and parts are scavenged from old wrecks. As a day to day existence, we get recovered bikes from the local police, get them working (somehow!) and sell on for about £50-100. We also do repairs but I couldn’t see this being economic if we had lbs overheads.
Great idea, can I ask where?
In Newtown, Powys. Hopefully about to get accredited so we can do some proper training.
