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SirJakesus
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Mods, sorry for double posting this in two places but I feel it needs to be seen. You can move this to the rack mount forums after its had some exposure if you wish.
For any members who have purchased a NuVinci chain drive kit from Staton inc. check out your rear wheel. Mine came with incorrect nipples that made kinks in the spokes where they were screwed to the rim. I believe this eventually led to stress and breakage at the threaded spoke ends and I would advise you to keep a careful eye on the supplied rear wheel. I noticed 3 broken spokes after 450miles on the bike. The rim luckily was high enough quality that it never lost its true and I only discovered the snapped spokes by chance.
If you are thinking of ordering one of these kits be warned. I emailed David to let him know of the fault in his product but I doubt I'll get a response or any compensation. Hopefully he rectifies this issue before he ships any more of these kits. If you're going to order one ask him directly before you order if the spokes are attached to the rims straight with no kink. I would personally refuse the purchase if this is the case unless you don't mind paying again for the components or service to rebuild the wheel correctly.
Please check out this page of my build thread in the picture gallery to see what I'm talking about and for more information on this subject.
http://www.motoredbikes.com/showthread.php?t=9041&page=7
For any members who have purchased a NuVinci chain drive kit from Staton inc. check out your rear wheel. Mine came with incorrect nipples that made kinks in the spokes where they were screwed to the rim. I believe this eventually led to stress and breakage at the threaded spoke ends and I would advise you to keep a careful eye on the supplied rear wheel. I noticed 3 broken spokes after 450miles on the bike. The rim luckily was high enough quality that it never lost its true and I only discovered the snapped spokes by chance.
If you are thinking of ordering one of these kits be warned. I emailed David to let him know of the fault in his product but I doubt I'll get a response or any compensation. Hopefully he rectifies this issue before he ships any more of these kits. If you're going to order one ask him directly before you order if the spokes are attached to the rims straight with no kink. I would personally refuse the purchase if this is the case unless you don't mind paying again for the components or service to rebuild the wheel correctly.
Please check out this page of my build thread in the picture gallery to see what I'm talking about and for more information on this subject.
http://www.motoredbikes.com/showthread.php?t=9041&page=7