Bionic Balls Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 then who are you laughing at... i mean the reinforcing rings on the headtube..as seen on every frame on tartybikes except the base ta26 (which is...again..cheap as)adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) then who are you laughing at... i mean the reinforcing rings on the headtube..as seen on every frame on tartybikes except the base ta26 (which is...again..cheap as)adamI just had no idea what you were on about. You mean the lip? Is that the official name, headtube ring? Are you sure the Bionic is not internally machined? (I know it's not)But to be fair i guess they just missed that out by purpose to save money. The frame after all was less than £200 RRP. Which isn't bad quality i'd say, more of a design flaw if you like. It hasn't been giving you problems? I thought it was a nice frame, apart from that backend didn't suit me for the general size of the frame. Edited January 8, 2009 by eskimo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 My main point being; i just don't think such an obvious thing should go unnoticed and then the consumer has to suffer. I don't expect the headtube to be checked Anal_Teflon as yeah that isn't a 2 second job. Checking a frame for minor storage damage etc is!I don't mean to start an argument but not being able to fit a booster to a frame isn't fair when it should be compatible.I really don't see how the wonkey brake mounts are obvious and the "consumer" didn't suffer at all everything got sorted out. We aren't talking about minor storage damage we are talking about brake mounts being welded on slightly wonkey. I don't understand how you can see that as minor storage damage. I'd have thought minor storage damage would be scraches or marks. (Like that really matters on a trials frame you are going to bash off a wall, not that it should come damaged but the odd scuff and scrape could be lived with)Not being able to fit the booster has nothing to do with select bikes its all down to echo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Balls Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 I just had no idea what you were on about. You mean the lip? Is that the official name, headtube ring? Are you sure the Bionic is not internally machined? (I know it's not)But to be fair i guess they just missed that out by purpose to save money. The frame after all was less than £200 RRP. Which isn't bad quality i'd say, more of a design flaw if you like. It hasn't been giving you problems? I thought it was a nice frame, apart from that backend didn't suit me for the general size of the frame.the headtube is flared...so my headset just spins around...but hey..it still "works" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 It's not that expensive to send a frame anyway, I sent my GU TP frame for £6.85 80 ish miles away to Kent (anyone want to see the receipt?).Postage isn't based on distance, it's flat rate. You can send something from Scotland to Cornwall for the same price it costs to send something from Newport to Cardiff, which is a 20 minute drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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