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Acuda
I just put a new pair of Z Mags on my Quad and went out jumping today and I cracked my front wheel. It is not major, but could get worse. Now, it just makes a cracking noise when I land, so it needs to be replaced. I bought them off ebay from the Skyway distribution. Any ideas if I can get it replaced? Will I need to go straight to ACS? Let me know if anyone has had something similar happen. I don't remember cracking a Mag when I was younger and actually tough on my bikes.
Spicoli
Dump'em and get some Tuffs...
ColoredTuffs.com
Acuda
Unfortunately, ACS will not cover that under warranty. Jumping down stairs would constitute as "abuse", and not "normal riding conditions".
I have sent you an email about replacement options...............
Keithandstef
Did I miss the mention of stairs in this guy's posting? Must have. Either way, that is LAME that ACS won't cover some guys breakage from just jumping on them a bit. What the hel! are these intended for if not a bit of jumping? W-E-A-K.
b.cal
The bike shop by me has 4 sets sets of them, all brand new. Their not real hard to find either.
ColoredTuffs.com
Keithandstef -
Acuda purchased the wheels from me on ebay. He told me that he jumped down 4 stairs in an email that he sent me. It was not posted here, though.
ACS and Skyway both make mag wheels, but I have to say that Skyway definitely backs up their product 100%, and does make a far superior product.
I am not totally certain how ACS will handle this, but I suspect that they with treat this as an "abuse" case.......
Keithandstef
I hear ya Coloredtuffs. Maybe he should have said it happened while rolling gingerly over a small speed bump. Honest guy though. That's cool, and SHOULD count for something at ACS. We'll see.
Acuda
No rolling gingerly for that Quadangle. It was built to see how hurt I can get on it. Thanks Ed for getting back to me so soon. I went ahead and bought some Graphite Tuffs. Those bad boys will hold up. I still can't believe I broke a Mag jumping off a small 4 foot drop. Maybe there was a flaw in them. That's life.
gts340
Good thing I don't plan to jump with mine.
RIDE A BIKE
You can get the best parts in the world and it will brake if you beat it to death in some ways
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