patches Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 i was just on the buy/sell part of pinkbike all im saying is that there is plenty to drool over, and that there is a "will ship globally" box that sellers can tick, and some of them did Merican's think that shipping globally is sending as far as Canada! youre probably right. didnt think that through, although there are some in europe, but the selection is a lot smaller I have purchased a frame off Pinkbike. European sellers are probably a safer bet in that they A. know something about the rest of the world's geography, and B. will not charge as much for shipping.
Kuys Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 This is my ride.. DB Inline is 3 rides old, and so far everything and more its made to be
hyltonenglish Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 Hi Christo. Glad you enjoying the DB.
Bizkit031 Posted September 24, 2014 Posted September 24, 2014 This is my ride..DB Inline is 3 rides old, and so far everything and more its made to be You had to rub that in our faces,LOL
Kuys Posted September 25, 2014 Posted September 25, 2014 Haha, that wasn't the intension. To be honest the bike rode quite shitty with the original Fox RP23, it felt very harsh on rocky stuff, had it serviced and made sure it was the correct tune etc, all to no avail. But with the new DB it is now finally riding as I would expect such a top end bike to ride. The DB allows me to ride with very little high speed compression damping ( I always felt the RP23 had too much high speed comp damping) The climb switch works very well for me, its not a solid lock out, but really only prevents that wallowing thats typical if you ride a bike with 30% sag up steep climbs when your weight is over the rear
Super_mil Posted September 26, 2014 Posted September 26, 2014 YT Industries Capra Hoped onto this bad girl on Wednesday and this bike just feels so good.Many happy miles on her YetiDJ, you've made me well jealous!.
LazyTrailRider Posted September 26, 2014 Posted September 26, 2014 I gave the silver beast a bit of a scrub this weekend, nice and shiny again...
Hairy Posted September 26, 2014 Posted September 26, 2014 What happened?The frame is a frame that Greg Min used to do the Mega Avalanche some years back. Spoke to MW, they were willing to sell me the frame. They were supposed to check all the geo to make sure it was legit Frame eventually arrives, I build it up and when under compression (Not even full compression and running at 25% sag) the rear wheel rams into the seat tube. Tyre is nice a bald 26" Saguaro. Send the frame back to MW to check out They take nearly two weeks ... got to keep bugging them Turns out that frame would need a 216mm eye to eye rear can .... they have one for an additional 4K for me .... I decline as I don't have 4K lying around for another rear can They would have then investigated using offset bushes (as per a monday conversation) to compensate for the longer eye to eye .... Get a Whatsapp message today stating "I have a feeling that we are never going to be able satisfy ur expectations of this frame without changing the shock. I have therefore taken a decision to rather refund you. Please email me ur bank details so I can send for processing." So now I start from scratch again and am just really really pissed off
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted September 26, 2014 Posted September 26, 2014 No. Dude, just... no. That's NOT cool at all. Flippin heck.
Brian Fantana Posted September 26, 2014 Posted September 26, 2014 The frame is a frame that Greg Min used to do the Mega Avalanche some years back. Spoke to MW, they were willing to sell me the frame. They were supposed to check all the geo to make sure it was legit Frame eventually arrives, I build it up and when under compression (Not even full compression and running at 25% sag) the rear wheel rams into the seat tube. Tyre is nice a bald 26" Saguaro. Send the frame back to MW to check out They take nearly two weeks ... got to keep bugging them Turns out that frame would need a 216mm eye to eye rear can .... they have one for an additional 4K for me .... I decline as I don't have 4K lying around for another rear can They would have then investigated using offset bushes (as per a monday conversation) to compensate for the longer eye to eye .... Get a Whatsapp message today stating "I have a feeling that we are never going to be able satisfy ur expectations of this frame without changing the shock. I have therefore taken a decision to rather refund you. Please email me ur bank details so I can send for processing." So now I start from scratch again and am just really really pissed off That is bad style. You should not be paying for their school fees. They must give the suitable shock free of charge. This is the type of thing that happens if you do not have ISO 9001 quality management system in place as a bare minimum. They will learn the hard way.
banna Posted September 26, 2014 Posted September 26, 2014 The frame is a frame that Greg Min used to do the Mega Avalanche some years back. Spoke to MW, they were willing to sell me the frame. They were supposed to check all the geo to make sure it was legit Frame eventually arrives, I build it up and when under compression (Not even full compression and running at 25% sag) the rear wheel rams into the seat tube. Tyre is nice a bald 26" Saguaro. Send the frame back to MW to check out They take nearly two weeks ... got to keep bugging them Turns out that frame would need a 216mm eye to eye rear can .... they have one for an additional 4K for me .... I decline as I don't have 4K lying around for another rear can They would have then investigated using offset bushes (as per a monday conversation) to compensate for the longer eye to eye .... Get a Whatsapp message today stating "I have a feeling that we are never going to be able satisfy ur expectations of this frame without changing the shock. I have therefore taken a decision to rather refund you. Please email me ur bank details so I can send for processing." So now I start from scratch again and am just really really pissed off Bummer dude. Maybe time to start thinking about something a bit different. There's a medium 29'r Tracer hanging in Recycles. Just saying....
Hairy Posted September 26, 2014 Posted September 26, 2014 That is bad style. You should not be paying for their school fees. They must give the suitable shock free of charge. This is the type of thing that happens if you do not have ISO 9001 quality management system in place as a bare minimum. They will learn the hard way.Part of the problem I think is that they just assumed the rear can was the same on this frame as all the other Mbuzi frames. Calming down a bit now, but just so dissapointed as I was really very excited to eventually own a Mbuzi
Brian Fantana Posted September 26, 2014 Posted September 26, 2014 If I had to get a new Enduro ride this would be it. Niner ROS9, 140mm travel, and more than enough for SA enduros, and suitable for xcm and xco as well. No jokes:
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