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| 2489.1 | 1-800-BIKE-USA | FLUKES::SUTTON | He roams the seas in freedom... | Tue Jan 26 1993 12:25 | 3 |
| Call 1-800-BIKE-USA. That's Cannondale's 800 number.
/Harry
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| 2489.2 | before you ask | MOVIES::WIDDOWSON | Rod, OpenVMS Eng @EDO | Tue Jan 26 1993 13:31 | 1 |
| ... and i *think* that us 800 no's are available from yurrupean dtns ?
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| 2489.3 | | SOLVIT::ALLEN_R | Face it Dad, the season is over | Tue Jan 26 1993 21:16 | 3 |
| can't you just take it back to the bike shop you bought it from and let
then handle it thru their Cannondale rep. That's part of what you pay
for.
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| 2489.4 | Cheap foreign rubbish :-) | MOVIES::PAXTON | Calais-Menton '93 | Wed Jan 27 1993 04:55 | 10 |
| > take it back to the bike shop
That's what I did with mine. They didn't argue at all. I got the
impression they'd seen many with similar failures.
For those who don't know the story, both Rob and I did the RAID
Pyreneen with the same model of small Cannondale barbag. They both
died from fatigue of the mount point (sounds like an NFS fault !).
Rod_M's Agu barbag survived. On the strength of this field test, I've since
forked out for an Agu.
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| 2489.5 | busy! | HERON::ROWLANDS | Rob Rowlands, TPSG VBO 828-5480 | Wed Jan 27 1993 12:02 | 4 |
| RE: Taking it back to the bike shop.
You're right of course, but these days getting down to Antibes when
they are open is a challenge.
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| 2489.6 | | NOVA::FISHER | Rdb/VMS Dinosaur | Thu Jan 28 1993 08:30 | 9 |
| John Lee Ellis, and Linda (my wife) and I have been using custom made bar
bags for 1 to 2 years and had no problems. Of course you have to ask
the "custom maker" real nice and they only get made in the off season
and they are "custom made" especially for aero bars and such -- BUT I
DO STRONGLY recommend them.
(And John 1 year of use is like 5 or so for many of us.)
ed
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| 2489.7 | :-) | MOVIES::WIDDOWSON | Rod, OpenVMS Eng @EDO | Thu Jan 28 1993 08:44 | 1 |
| What sort of `bribes' does the `custom maker' take ?
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| 2489.8 | | NOVA::FISHER | Rdb/VMS Dinosaur | Thu Jan 28 1993 08:46 | 1 |
| :-)
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| 2489.9 | Old Bags for O.F.'s | IDEFIX::HEMMINGS | Lanterne Rouge | Thu Jan 28 1993 09:03 | 1 |
| If you're coming over, you should expect excess BAGgage......
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| 2489.10 | So how many Rdb licences do I have to sell... | HERON::ROWLANDS | Rob Rowlands, TPSG VBO 828-5480 | Fri Jan 29 1993 10:07 | 2 |
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| 2489.11 | | NOVA::FISHER | DEC Rdb/Dinosaur | Fri Jan 29 1993 18:09 | 1 |
| well, if we could get to 25000 by 1-3-93 ...
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| 2489.12 | was this your scenario? | RANGER::SCHLENER | | Mon Feb 01 1993 17:53 | 20 |
| .0 - is your bag the type that clips onto a mount? If so, how did it
fail?
I had a problem with Cannondale's mountain bike bag that attached to a
stationary mount on my handlebars via a plastic clip on the bag. Riding
down a hill in Harvard Ma. (those bumpy country roads), the bike hit a
bump doing 35+ mph and the bag flew off in front of the bike. Needless to
say, I didn't fall (otherwise I would probably be talking to my
lawyers...).
The design of the mount, to my mind, is unstable. If the plastic clip
doesn't fit into the mount snuggly, then it is possible through
bouncing, that the bag could come off.
I talked with the Cannondale rep and got my money back (the reply "it
never happened before....). I ended up buying a bag for racing bars and
then using plyers to force the metal bar (that holds the bag) down so
that it was horizontal. Works great.
Cindy
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| 2489.13 | No, but... | MOVIES::PAXTON | Calais-Menton '93 | Tue Feb 02 1993 05:22 | 14 |
| > .0 - is your bag the type that clips onto a mount? If so, how did
> it fail?
My bag and Rob's both failed because the attachment of the plastic clip
to the bag itself worked its way through the cheap plastic backing of
the bag until the clip detached itself. The way bar bags hang, this
point bears most of the weight of the bag and plainly isn't strong
enough.
WRT the problem in .12, I have noticed that the clip doesn't always
engage properly. IMHO Cannondale's reputation for quality
is not always deserved. Their 8 panel shorts are wonderful (so far)
but their alu bottle cages fail quickly. Maybe they export the stuff
that fails QA.
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| 2489.14 | | LJOHUB::CRITZ | | Tue Feb 02 1993 09:35 | 7 |
| I contacted Cannondale (just yesterday) for Rob. They're
sending him the parts he needs to replace what is broken.
I told the woman I talked to that I thought the design could
have been better.
Scott
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| 2489.15 | Thanks for the help | HERON::ROWLANDS | Rob Rowlands, TPSG VBO 828-5480 | Tue Feb 02 1993 12:04 | 3 |
| And many thanks to you Scott for doing so. 1-800 numbers are a little
tricky from this side of the puddle.
I'll add a reply when the parts arrive...
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