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Dennis Baker
Guest
While riding at Skyline Park in Napa I managed to break the main pivot on my fairly new Enduro.
Right after we finished a rough/ fast section with a lot of logs we started up a short hill and I
noticed a noise coming from the cranks and it became very difficult to pedal. The pivot had pushed
clear out and was rubbing against the middle chain ring. The cranks were completely seized up.
Fortunately I was very close to the car and it was all downhill.
Tommorrow I get a crank puller and pull the cranks so I can see if the bolt snapped or had just
worked it's way loose.
I have lost a lot of weight but I am still well in the Clydesdale catagory. I ride a lot, usually
between 40-100 miles/ week on my mountain bike. Most of the miles are on tame levee roads but on
weekends I do much more intense riding. I got the Enduro rather than an Epic or a Blur because it's
supposedly designed to take more abuse but having problems like this early on make me wonder.
I broke 2 Sugar 3s, and now my Enduro is disabled, maybe my earlier comments about some cookie
cutter bikes being up to snuff were way off base.
I guess I really want to know is : Am I expecting too much out of equipment? Is it just me or are
other folks equally hard on gear. Also, if I spend the dough on a boutique bike am I going to
destroy it as well?
-- The Ogre http://ogrehut.com
Right after we finished a rough/ fast section with a lot of logs we started up a short hill and I
noticed a noise coming from the cranks and it became very difficult to pedal. The pivot had pushed
clear out and was rubbing against the middle chain ring. The cranks were completely seized up.
Fortunately I was very close to the car and it was all downhill.
Tommorrow I get a crank puller and pull the cranks so I can see if the bolt snapped or had just
worked it's way loose.
I have lost a lot of weight but I am still well in the Clydesdale catagory. I ride a lot, usually
between 40-100 miles/ week on my mountain bike. Most of the miles are on tame levee roads but on
weekends I do much more intense riding. I got the Enduro rather than an Epic or a Blur because it's
supposedly designed to take more abuse but having problems like this early on make me wonder.
I broke 2 Sugar 3s, and now my Enduro is disabled, maybe my earlier comments about some cookie
cutter bikes being up to snuff were way off base.
I guess I really want to know is : Am I expecting too much out of equipment? Is it just me or are
other folks equally hard on gear. Also, if I spend the dough on a boutique bike am I going to
destroy it as well?
-- The Ogre http://ogrehut.com