Sterling House - the sequel

Paul Boyd said:

Some of you may remember that my colleague bought a pair of bikes for a
ton (weight? price? you choose) from Sterling house, despite my
"suggestion" that he look elsewhere.

Well, at least a month after they arrived, he and his wife went out for
their first ride yesterday, of about 3 miles. He came in to work this
morning waving a broken chain and asked "How do you fix this?".......

And was the reply on the lines of "dump the whole thing in a skip and
buy an Actual Bike"? ;-/

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Peter Clinch said the following on 16/07/2007 10:53:

Quoted message said:

And was the reply on the lines of "dump the whole thing in a skip and
buy an Actual Bike"? ;-/

Something like that ;-) I did, by great strength of will, refrain from
saying "Told you so!"

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

"Paul Boyd" <usenet.dont.work@plusnet> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Something like that ;-) I did, by great strength of will, refrain from
saying "Told you so!"

You're a better man than I.
I would have been sorely tempted to have pointed and laughed whilst saying
"Told you so!" ;-)

On 16/07/2007 17:58, wafflycat said,

Quoted message said:

You're a better man than I.

No comment ;-)

Quoted message said:

I would have been sorely tempted to have pointed and laughed whilst
saying "Told you so!" ;-)

I just quietly pointed out how many years I've been cycling over god
knows how many miles on and off road on bikes ranging from Tensor to
Orange and have never yet had a chain snap... compared to his rather
pathetic three miles, if that :-)

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

Paul Boyd said:

On 16/07/2007 17:58, wafflycat said,

Quoted message said:

You're a better man than I.

No comment ;-)

Quoted message said:

I would have been sorely tempted to have pointed and laughed whilst
saying "Told you so!" ;-)

I just quietly pointed out how many years I've been cycling over god
knows how many miles on and off road on bikes ranging from Tensor to
Orange and have never yet had a chain snap... compared to his rather
pathetic three miles, if that :-)

i have had a chain snap but yes it's rare and normally due to covering
of mud and then try to pull a high torque gear out. which is last straw
for the chain. but yes it very rare. was the chain made of cheese? maybe
something way out of line?

roger
--
www.rogermerriman.com

In article <[email hidden]>, Roger
Merriman
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

i have had a chain snap but yes it's rare and normally due to covering
of mud and then try to pull a high torque gear out. which is last straw
for the chain. but yes it very rare. was the chain made of cheese? maybe
something way out of line?

We had a batch of bikes that the chains were badly riveted at the (bike,
not chain) factory - fortunately (?) I discovered it when test riding
one of them up a steep hill, so I sorted them before they were handed
over to customers. I think that's a much more likely scenario with a
new bike.

Rob Morley said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Roger
Merriman
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

i have had a chain snap but yes it's rare and normally due to covering
of mud and then try to pull a high torque gear out. which is last straw
for the chain. but yes it very rare. was the chain made of cheese? maybe
something way out of line?

We had a batch of bikes that the chains were badly riveted at the (bike,
not chain) factory - fortunately (?) I discovered it when test riding
one of them up a steep hill, so I sorted them before they were handed
over to customers. I think that's a much more likely scenario with a
new bike.

mmm yes chains are remarably tought normally.

roger
--
www.rogermerriman.com