http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/The furniture repairman just told me the octagon table I purchased for 200 is possibly worth thousands. It was made by a guy in Providence Rhode Island in the early 1800's
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You need MOARBetween snow removal, post-surgery wife and effing work, I try to find time to build my new used frame.
The title of the "shithead mechanic of the month" goes to the genius who did this craptastic facing job on the rear brake mount. Whoever did this was either high, or drunk, or blind, or stupid, or fucking did not care.
Oh and the bike shop in Colorado that sold this to me of course found nothing wrong with the frame before they sent it to me.
You don't say......The title of the "shithead mechanic of the month" goes to the genius who did this craptastic facing job on the rear brake mount. Whoever did this was either high, or drunk, or blind, or stupid, or fucking did not care.
Oh and the bike shop in Colorado that sold this to me of course found nothing wrong with the frame before they sent it to me.
There is only one fix for that. Sorry. Have you checked to see if the integrity of the chips have been compromised. The forged chips would ovalize. The machined chips replaced the smooth forged ones or something like that. I am no expert to qualify. As with most DW designs you can get the pin parts out of order and effect the alignment. If that happened or the bolts unthreaded while riding a pin or bolt could be out of alignment or bent. Just a thought.I don't have the facing rig so I have to take it to a LBS who happens to be an Ibis dealer. Those guys are top notch, hope they'll be able to salvage the triangle. I bought the frame used so no warranty for me. The brake mount has other issues as well - non-perpendicularly drilled mounting holes. If this is the shape in which it left Ibis warehouse, shame on them. I have seen some recent reports of quality issues of their newest HD3, it is disappointing to see $3k frames that should not have passed QA sent to customers.
The plot thickens. Obviously, ibis knew the swingarm was faulty but offered it to the orig. owner as a good will free replacement of a thrashed one that the owner choose over a $400 crash replacement. The shop now denies anything is wrong with it. Must be one of those yupee shops catering to rich Californians.Between snow removal, post-surgery wife and effing work, I try to find time to build my new used frame.
The title of the "shithead mechanic of the month" goes to the genius who did this craptastic facing job on the rear brake mount. Whoever did this was either high, or drunk, or blind, or stupid, or fucking did not care.
Oh and the bike shop in Colorado that sold this to me of course found nothing wrong with the frame before they sent it to me.