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This thread is just confirming my own braking woes… I have just taken delivery
of a Commencal Hip Hop, fitted with these shoddy stoppers… upon assembling the
bike I found that one master cylinder was weeping fluid at the screwthread,and
the other had no pressure at the lever whatsoever, the fluid having leaked out
in transit into the packaging! And this with both nuts screwed in to their
absolute limit.
An email to Commencal for a warranty claim was met with "take them to your
nearest Formula dealer", which smacks of them having had a few issues along
these lines, This "fix" for me is a round trip of 40 miles to a chain bike
store I don't have any faith in anyway… they will be being replaced with XT's
tomorrow. A shame for Commencal, as the bike is beautiful quality otherwise.
These manufacturers, especially the more independent ones, are doing
themselves no favours fitting this rubbish to their bikes… QC and design
quality very poor.
They may work well in isolation, but I can't comment on their performance with
them being supplied "not fit for purpose". Sounds like they need regular
tending to after the event too, to keep them anywhere up to scratch.
AVOID!
Oct. 15, 2014, 7:41 a.m. - barryoreefe
#!markdown This thread is just confirming my own braking woes… I have just taken delivery of a Commencal Hip Hop, fitted with these shoddy stoppers… upon assembling the bike I found that one master cylinder was weeping fluid at the screwthread,and the other had no pressure at the lever whatsoever, the fluid having leaked out in transit into the packaging! And this with both nuts screwed in to their absolute limit. An email to Commencal for a warranty claim was met with "take them to your nearest Formula dealer", which smacks of them having had a few issues along these lines, This "fix" for me is a round trip of 40 miles to a chain bike store I don't have any faith in anyway… they will be being replaced with XT's tomorrow. A shame for Commencal, as the bike is beautiful quality otherwise. These manufacturers, especially the more independent ones, are doing themselves no favours fitting this rubbish to their bikes… QC and design quality very poor. They may work well in isolation, but I can't comment on their performance with them being supplied "not fit for purpose". Sounds like they need regular tending to after the event too, to keep them anywhere up to scratch. AVOID!