Cycling UK Forum

I have recently bought a Revolution Cuontry Premier for Edinburgh Bicycle Coop, after about 200 miles of riding I was sick of the constant squeal from the brakes and rattling from the bars, then a spoke broke in the bake wheel and I noticed that two of the cables had rubbed paint off the head tube. I returned the bike and was told that the cable rub was "normal wear and tear" and that I should have placed protection on the frame and/or the cables and that they would not repair the damage to the head tube. In my opinion this is either a design fault or a fault in fitting the cables, after all if you found the tyres on your new car were rubbing the paint off your wheel arches and the garage told you that you should have fitted protection to the arches and then you would have to keep checking and replacing the protection for the duration of the cars life I think you would be astounded. Any thoughts form other members? I have requested a respray or replacement of the headtube or a refund for the bike only to be told aggressively that this was not an option and the bike was being returned whether I liked it or not. Any other members had problems with this firm?

The spacers were not really intended for use with this bb but the chain rings were out of alignment without them. I suppose the best solution would be a 122.5 bb, just trying to avoid more outlay. The rt side will be 5mm short of thread and the left side will be 5mm out of the holding cup but I wouldn't have thought this would have made it unstable.

Has anyone used these successfully? I have a 113 UN55 with two 2.5 mm spacers on drive side but the bb does not seem to be stable even when tightened right up.