I had a nukeproof mega TR frame warrantied because the chainstay broke, they asked for the serial number and pictures and sent me a new frame (in the meantime I had sourced a chainstay (new) from someone on here) after the frame was delivered I bought the chainstay and fitted it and it sat up my loft for a couple of years then I sold it to a local lad for £150 (who was well chuffed with it)
Can’t see how he does it. The stories he tells about the contracts he gets and what they customer wants destroyed. Depressing.
If you want a depressing lack of recycling, a friend of mine works in a lab where her job (in part) is to care for the test animals.
They can't risk rehoming them because the first time there's an incident, like a dog bites someone or some such, the potential for fallout could be headline news if someone decided to kick up a stink. "I got this dog from the lab and then my next-door neighbour went blind..." etc, you know what people are like and it'd only take one.
Sadly most of these procedures are put in place due to past experience with the general public.
There are plenty of people out there who, if you send them a new item will try and flog the old one on Ebay or down the pub, then when it causes an issue down the line it'll be the manufacturer's fault and the person who he sold it to will see you in court with their no win-no-fee lawyer in tow.
@mert is there not a thing where prototypes don’t have VIN numbers either so couldn’t be sold to the public in any case?
Depends on the maturity of prototype, and *what* is being prototyped (engine, gearbox, suspension, facelift, whatever).
Probably over 75% of the prototypes at work will have one.
Sadly most of these procedures are put in place due to past experience with the general public.
Yeah, it's too open to abuse and there are people who will take any opportunity to game the system. I've known people who would see it as a personal challenge.
It wouldn't be hard to fake the photo in the OP, that looks like the foam density you'd get from bubble bath.
It wouldn’t be hard to fake the photo in the OP, that looks like the foam density you’d get from bubble bath
Screenshot from a video. I had to do a video of it.
I had to destroy my Wahoo Bolt. The gits make it impossible to change the battery and offered a discount on new device, but I had to destroy the old unit completely, break the screen, pull the rubber buttons off and twist out the charging port.
I put it off for a few months until it couldn't manage a ride over 4 hours, and having failed to find a photo of a destroyed unit online I had to kill it. A shame as it would have still coped with short pootles on the pub bike.
A few years ago I was paddle boarding across Thunersee (Interlaken) early one morning and though the air temp was 15 degrees the water was very cold. There was a low mist on the water but standing up you were above it (pretty cool actually). Though I heard a cry for help but couldn’t see anything. Then as I paddled on out of the corner of my eye I saw something under the mist - it was a German bloke in a pair of boardies clinging to a mostly deflated paddle board…..he was turning nicely blue and obviously going into hypothermia. I had no phone and was about a km or more from the shore. Luckily a wakeboard boat was passing and I managed to flag them down and get the guy and his board over the side and they shot off with him. No idea if he was ok but hope so! At the time I assumed his valve had failed but I guess it was more likely to have been a glue failure. I must say it made me less likely to do long distance on an inflatable and I bought a hard board. I also always wear a BA now.
But yes it’s a liability issue
Exped were great in this area recently.
Total opposite to my experience, my baffles also went. I contacted exped but didn't even get a response. I sent 3 emails to 3 contact email addresses I could find. I dint think I'll use them ever again. My mat sadly went in the bin.
if you send it back for a replacement, the company will destroy it. if you destroy it it saves the hassle of shipping it back
To fix this properly, you can take it to a guy that repairs and fixes RIB inflatable boats.
It's just glue and PVC plastic.
It will be perfectly safe but the new seam maybe a different colour.
Criminal to throw away when it's basically putting a burley bike patch on.
I used to work in a bike shop where it was common practice to cut the BB shell and frame sticker off the frame and only post that bit back to the supplier.
Nearly got caught out once when asking the Saturday boy to fulfill this duty to the failed frame in the corner while vaguely flapping my finger in that direction from across the shop.
A few minutes later another member of staff asked me if Callum should have that whole bike in the workstand and be approaching it with a hacksaw and intent.
Note to self, show more clarity when vaguely flapping the finger of delegation
Depends on the maturity of prototype, and *what* is being prototyped (engine, gearbox, suspension, facelift, whatever).
Probably over 75% of the prototypes at work will have one.
Cheers!
Recently told about a 40t truck full with pallets of branded water. Rather than remove the labels and give away free water it was disposed of.
Crisis Fareshare and alike happily distribute surplus food/drink far fancier than bottled water.
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Recently told about a 40t truck full with pallets of branded water. Rather than remove the labels and give away free water it was disposed of.
Erm.. that seems doubly ironic. It literally falls from the sky.