Replaced Swingarm 13,460km
23/03/16 19:00 Filed in: frame
Replaced broken swing arm.I had contacted Ventana the day it broke and they took some time deciding what to do as this was the third broken swing arm.
I spoke to Sherwood Gibson, the owner of Ventana and later heard back from Teresa at Ventana that Sherwood would eventually build me a steel swing arm. He felt the Rohloff hub which in low gear torques the frame in the opposite direction was the problem.
The new Swingarm was sent on 5th March (see invoice email that date from Teresa) cost was US$331 or AU$463
This is swing-arm 4th replacement table shows replacement date distance and weight of new swing-arm
1st broke Rotorua + Highland Fling: 29/11/2013 11,015km 630gm
2nd broke doing the Wollemi: 25/11/2014 12,283km 665gm
3rd broke in Tassie at Derby: 23/3/2016 13,440km 696gm cost US$331 or AU$463 4th is the one installed now:
so this is the 4th
I spoke to Sherwood Gibson, the owner of Ventana and later heard back from Teresa at Ventana that Sherwood would eventually build me a steel swing arm. He felt the Rohloff hub which in low gear torques the frame in the opposite direction was the problem.
The new Swingarm was sent on 5th March (see invoice email that date from Teresa) cost was US$331 or AU$463
This is swing-arm 4th replacement table shows replacement date distance and weight of new swing-arm
1st broke Rotorua + Highland Fling: 29/11/2013 11,015km 630gm
2nd broke doing the Wollemi: 25/11/2014 12,283km 665gm
3rd broke in Tassie at Derby: 23/3/2016 13,440km 696gm cost US$331 or AU$463 4th is the one installed now:
so this is the 4th