The aftermath resulted in many interesting comments at the LBS from the service guys when the thing did not want to come out.
"You hold the bike and we will twist" "Let me get a hammer" "I need a bigger pair channel locks" "We are going to have to take this in the back" "It is a good thing this is under warranty" "We could take a dremel to it" "We have all the service guys working on it" "We are making some progress with a hacksaw blade down the..."
Bill "It all ended well" Porter www.mountainbikebill.com
The aftermath resulted in many interesting comments at the LBS from the service guys when the thing did not want to come out.
"You hold the bike and we will twist" "Let me get a hammer" "I need a bigger pair channel locks" "We are going to have to take this in the back" "It is a good thing this is under warranty" "We could take a dremel to it" "We have all the service guys working on it" "We are making some progress with a hacksaw blade down the..."
Bill "It all ended well" Porter
Lol... at least they didn't say, "Lose some frig'n weight ya pin head!"
The aftermath resulted in many interesting comments at the LBS from the service guys when the thing did not want to come out.
"You hold the bike and we will twist" "Let me get a hammer" "I need a bigger pair channel locks" "We are going to have to take this in the back" "It is a good thing this is under warranty" "We could take a dremel to it" "We have all the service guys working on it" "We are making some progress with a hacksaw blade down the..."
Bill "It all ended well" Porter www.mountainbikebill.com
P.S. Did I miss any Miles?
Hehehe...pretty good editing job to make that six foot drop look like a curb stone. ;^) Nice looking Spider BTW.
Well, at least you were able to put it back on. Could've been a long ride back.
-- -BB- To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail address, at least) "It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars" - Garrison Keillor
The aftermath resulted in many interesting comments at the LBS from the service guys when the thing did not want to come out.
"You hold the bike and we will twist" "Let me get a hammer" "I need a bigger pair channel locks" "We are going to have to take this in the back" "It is a good thing this is under warranty" "We could take a dremel to it" "We have all the service guys working on it" "We are making some progress with a hacksaw blade down the..."
Bill "It all ended well" Porter www.mountainbikebill.com
P.S. Did I miss any Miles?
My Thomson has never done that! at least you were able to shove it back on and get back home. it might have been a much more painful ride if you had to stand for the rest of it!
Michael "does anybody else think Miles gets WAY too much air time" P
The aftermath resulted in many interesting comments at the LBS from the service guys when the thing did not want to come out.
"You hold the bike and we will twist" "Let me get a hammer" "I need a bigger pair channel locks" "We are going to have to take this in the back" "It is a good thing this is under warranty" "We could take a dremel to it" "We have all the service guys working on it" "We are making some progress with a hacksaw blade down the..."
Bill "It all ended well" Porter
Lol... at least they didn't say, "Lose some frig'n weight ya pin head!"
How old was that seatpost?
It is only seven months old. The post was tight in the seat tube from the beginning so I had to really had to yank back and forth on the seat to move the post. It looked like the epoxy bonding the clamp to the post let go versus the carbon itself breaking.
The aftermath resulted in many interesting comments at the LBS from the service guys when the thing did not want to come out.
"You hold the bike and we will twist" "Let me get a hammer" "I need a bigger pair channel locks" "We are going to have to take this in the back" "It is a good thing this is under warranty" "We could take a dremel to it" "We have all the service guys working on it" "We are making some progress with a hacksaw blade down the..."
Bill "It all ended well" Porter www.mountainbikebill.com
P.S. Did I miss any Miles?
Hehehe...pretty good editing job to make that six foot drop look like a curb stone. ;^) Nice looking Spider BTW.
Mike - I'd replace it with a Thomson.
I got a Easton EA50 in there for now (on sale for $25), while I wait for the replacement EC70. Almost bought a Thomson yesterday, but since the EC70 is a free replacement I'll give it another shot. I think now that the tightness issue with the post/tube has been fixed I will not have to twist and hank on the seat so much to adjust it which I think is what weakened the bond enough for my fat ass to break it loose.
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 06:35:45 -0500, "Michael Dart" <[email hidden]> wrote:
I got a Easton EA50 in there for now (on sale for $25), while I wait for the replacement EC70. Almost bought a Thomson yesterday, but since the EC70 is a free replacement I'll give it another shot. I think now that the tightness issue with the post/tube has been fixed I will not have to twist and hank on the seat so much to adjust it which I think is what weakened the bond enough for my fat ass to break it loose.
I was thinking about an EC70 - Not any more! Thanks Bill. Thomson it is!
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Mike - I'd replace it with a Thomson.
I got a Easton EA50 in there for now (on sale for $25), while I wait for the replacement EC70. Almost bought a Thomson yesterday, but since the EC70 is a free replacement I'll give it another shot. I think now that the tightness issue with the post/tube has been fixed I will not have to twist and hank on the seat so much to adjust it which I think is what weakened the bond enough for my fat ass to break it loose.
Fair enough, but if that second post goes get the Thomson. You may loose an inch or so of setback but they're truly Tough as Hell. I've crash tested three of them downhilling and all my friends run them. I've seen big DH seats bend (which I don't run) and wrench at them but the post held tight and true.
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:22:28 -0800, P e t e F a g e r l i n <[email hidden]> wrote:
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It looks like you ditched the lipstick.
Congrats!
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Yep, that was my inaugural ride with the setup as I had just put it all together the night before. You will notice it is a near-replica of your previous setup. mountainbikebill.comHelmetCam Finished 1.JPGOpen ↗
X-jacket, Sony PC-9, and some fishing sinkers for a counter weight. Hate to be a labeled a copy cat, but I believe it to be about as good of a setup as one can do, short of a custom full face helmet which would not be fun for my typical XC riding in sunny SoCal . It still needs a little dremel nip and tuck action to get the rear angle going. A much different feel riding with it. The neck muscles are going to need some beefing up!
"Bobble Head" Bill Porter www.mountainbikebill.com
Aye...it's just a scratch! ;^) Ahem...ummm...yeah...that's it. I realize nothing is indestructable, but I've seen a lot of Thomson posts take some serious abuse without trouble. This one still looked like it may hold a seat but I couldn't see the clamp area in the pic.
Mike - at least it didn't have any meat hanging from it. :^p
Wow, it's really going to be tough to sell that whole "I droped off the back of a moving flatbed and trannied to the hood of a following Datsun" in your ride report later. Maybe you can fix it in editing. -- _________________________ Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia ramsays-online.comramsays-online.comOpen ↗
