Decided to try flats. Just ordered some superstar nano thru pins. £10 off at mo. They get decent reviews so at £33 its worth a punt. Just thought I'd highlight the offer to the stw massive. Now for some shoes.
After the BB that lasted 8 rides (it failed the week after I posted on here saying how it seemed to actualy be working, then bought another one only for the original to fail) and the brake pads that simply don't fit in the springs ("I've sold 10,000+ shiamno brake pads, you must have installed them incorectly") I'm inclined to buy them form any other importer other than Fruit/Neil because thanks to his business model there's plenty out there.
Anyone else find that the plastic bits are really soft in his components as well? The spacers on the BB's deform as you tighten the cups up, and the top hat spacers arent as easy to pop on and off as shimano after they've been used as they've deformed.
They could be the best pedals on the plannet, but for as long as they're available elswhere at similar prices, fruit wont be getting a penny more of my cash.
despite neil/friut's reputation my nanos have lasted over 12 months without issues and i'm not the lightest of rider, bought a 2nd pair for another bike recently too
few weeks late for me too! Got some in chrome a few weeks back, so far so good. Tempted by bling colours but went for chrome to avoid them looking crap in a few months time.
I appear to have bought 2 sets too. AFAICS the difference is just the way the pins screw in. Either a grub screw from the top or a mini grubscrew-esque bolt from the other side.
all the Shimano pads he's sold me have fitted, but they come with springs so I've not tried to use the original ones…
Sintered were fine, organic the friction material was too long for the spring to slide over, tried bending the springs but that just pulled one pad into the rotor and wore though the pad. Now running them spring-less and it sounds like the front of my bike is about to fall off but at least they work.
I should also add that my mates had some nanos for ages and were hard riders and no problemos and i ordered a ss kit the other day off superstar and it came rapido and was sahweet.
and i just bought some nanos off him! its a bargain (i think they used to be this price) grab a pair!
'Thru' pedals are the one to get. At least you can actually replace the pin if it bends or snaps off (by removing from underneath). Any pedal that has 'grub' type screws seems pointless IME.
No because you can grind/file off the bent part and still remove from underneath. The 'Grub' screws don't usually have enough left to actually get hold of.
I bought some sintered pads and the springs didn't fit. Not because the pad was too long, but because the legs on the springs were too wide. Binned them and just used the old ones.
They're really good pedals. Some Superstar stuff is utter s**t though. I rate the pads myself but that might be a losing battle 😉 All my bikes have them now and never had more than trivial issues fitting (had to chase some paint off the sides of the XT pads, took about 4 seconds)
It does annoy me that he's such a total cock though, as he has some good toys.
Yup, the Nukeproof Neutrons are exactly the same as the Superstar Nano Techs, just that they cost exactly twice as much. Same as the carbon forks, exactly the same as the Exotic ones but far more expensive.
