SABS

[No Hare]

An oke at work asked me this afternoon if I will have a look at his brand new bike. The braking system is not so lekker en the gears glip die wêreld vol.

 

So, late this afternoon I took his brand new, Dunlop Epic Trail FS 2600 full suspension bicycle home. I worked on it for tops an hour, and gave up. Before I stored it for the night I looked for the SABS marker/ label and found none.

 

Now, I personally think it is morally inexcusable that this type of junk is sold to the public by a national retailer. But my question is: is it legal to market this rubbish locally without the South African Bureau of Standards- or a known international safety accredited organisation markings on it?

[Ed-Zulu]

Geen standaard word op fietse of fietskomponente voorgeskryf nie. moes maar eerder gevra het voor hy gekoop het.

 

Dan weer is die groot handelaars daar om sekere gapings in die mark te vul en jy kry waarvoor jy betaal...

[Forthefun]

SABS has become nothing but a money spinner for the government to squeeze more from the consumers. The have a vast array of fees on all goods theses day where or not it's approved by them.

 

The ability of the Sabs to do a credible checks is long gone, the capable qualified staff are over burdened. Most of the staff are incapacitated and simply lazy paper shufflers.

 

Use your own discretion when buying something. Look for marks like UL, GS, CB, INTERTEK, ASA best test from the USA and followed by Eu and finally OZ.

 

A TWO YEAR guarantee or more is a safer bet.

[No Hare]

Thanks

 

Luckily the Consumer Act forces the retailer to take back the item. This is one piece of legislation that I really like!

[MrJacques]

I'm sure it's suitable for cruising to the shops and back, but it certainly won't last in the bush. Some good advice a friend gave me: If you buy that kind of bike, don't ride it further than you are prepared to push or carry it back.

[Eddy Gordo]

I have enquired about sabs or iso certification in certain items that I would like to import that are cycling related and according to the sabs no certification is needed.

[Mojoman]

I'm sure it's suitable for cruising to the shops and back, but it certainly won't last in the bush. Some good advice a friend gave me: If you buy that kind of bike, don't ride it further than you are prepared to push or carry it back.

I did the EMPR MTB race at Tarlton last year with a friend with one of these Dunlop bikes. He said its the only bike he has ever ridden that requires peddling even on the downhills! He was well chuffed when he got it as he knew no better and thought he had a cool DS bike!

[Wayne Potgieter]

An oke at work asked me this afternoon if I will have a look at his brand new bike. The braking system is not so lekker en the gears glip die wêreld vol.

 

So, late this afternoon I took his brand new, Dunlop Epic Trail FS 2600 full suspension bicycle home. I worked on it for tops an hour, and gave up. Before I stored it for the night I looked for the SABS marker/ label and found none.

 

Now, I personally think it is morally inexcusable that this type of junk is sold to the public by a national retailer. But my question is: is it legal to market this rubbish locally without the South African Bureau of Standards- or a known international safety accredited organisation markings on it?

 

My wife bought one of those a few years back from Game or something.

 

Broke it at northern farm in an hour.

 

Cracked the frame at the welds.

 

My wife only weighs 50kgs.

 

They are crap.

[kennyg]

I deal with the SABS on a monthly basis. They are perfectly capable of doing there jobs, you just need to find the person who responsibility it is to do the job.

 

The biggest issue facing the SABS is the CPA ( consumer protection act), unfortunately the CPA hinges on the SABS in the local retail sector if indeed a standard exists, for the item one is using. I have been to many conferences, where they punt the SABS and all the wonderful things they can do, the can even copy or create a standard with industry approval.

 

Its not rocket science.... But as for the bike industry, the good old cheapy, will always be the good old cheapy... but its not excuse for it not to work.