Bigman Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 (edited) Just cleaning my Avid mechanical caliper, only to discover an nice "little" crack in it, Has anybody else experience this? and does anybody know what the warrenty is like for these brakes. Pic: Thanks Adam Edited February 6, 2005 by Bigman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 Give me a shout on MSN :wub: I have my old Avid Mechanical Caliper at home (The one that I snapped the drive cam in two). If I remember rightly the part you have cracked is removeable and I dont mind sending you my un-cracked caliper arm if its of any help :- The warrenty should cover it, I spoke to a bloke at Fishers about my caliper while at The Internation Cycle Show last year and he seemed really helpful, so you could always just give them a ring and send it send it back... "Tic" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Pearson Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 I snapped mine and to my knowledge there was no warrenty from thewoollyhatshop.com, where I bought it from. I've really gone off those brakes now... Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigman Posted February 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 Give me a shout on MSN :wub: I have my old Avid Mechanical Caliper at home (The one that I snapped the drive cam in two). If I remember rightly the part you have cracked is removeable and I dont mind sending you my un-cracked caliper arm if its of any help :- The warrenty should cover it, I spoke to a bloke at Fishers about my caliper while at The Internation Cycle Show last year and he seemed really helpful, so you could always just give them a ring and send it send it back... "Tic" ← Ah, Tic u star, catch u on msn soon. Oh, didn't know u snapped yours Rich, when did u get yours? perhaps it was a dodgy batch or something. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruiser1 Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 I've seen this happen to 2 other calipers, that snapped clean off, but only because the adapers had to be cut a whole lot to fit on Brisa forks. But you guys didn't have to do that for your forks, did you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigman Posted February 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 Nope, my adapter, and caliper have not been touched by a saw or anything since when i brought it. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAT~DAN Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 tig it up if its ali lol Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Balls Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 damn...is it true that you break everything (eventually)? bigman! adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colly Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 ive never liked them, hope system mini, all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 hoo... :( i use a shimano mechnical caliper and its as good and strong . try the shimano mate! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly C Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 I dunno about the disk brakes but Avid's service is amazing, I e-mailed avid (in america) about the cable holder thing on my Arch Rivals snapping off and they sent one out and it arrived in 4 days or something, free of charge cost $5 airmail to send, no proof of actually owning the brakes at all.. great service though :P E-mail them up if you cant get it fixed bigman :( ... just dont tell them your fat :)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 im not surprised it snapped really-dont you run a 200mm rotor?? they aint exactly designe for trials :( personaly i find my 160 just right( still tempted to get a 185 cos im gettin porkier) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigman Posted February 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 Nope, not got the 210mm rotor any more, and when i ran that i didn't have the standard avid pads, so the power was pretty similar with the 2 different setups, i have been running the standard 185mm rotor for a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruiser1 Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 Contact avid, tell them you're a 150 pound XC rider using 160mm rotors, just to be safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trials Tom Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 So is there alot of snappages or breakages of these brakes? As I'm thinking of getting one. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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