Yet another help me choose N + 1 thread

[bobb]

Hmmm... Lot's of people seem to have similar problems. It would seem that the very latest Shimano levers work best with HY RDs, with Campag and SRAM being "ok".

I can decide on brakes at a later date though....

[Oscar's dad]

 

[bobb]

Tripster ATR now ordered 

[rr]

Or indeed two versions of the brake as Avid do with the BB7.

[Oscar's dad]

Tripster ATR now ordered 

Exciting!!!  A whole bike or just the frameset?

[bobb]

Just the frameset. All other stuff will be ordered in due course 

[Torslanda]

I think I would be pointing the Sale of Goods Act at 'Teh Supplier' and pulling the trigger. Not suitable for porpoise and stuff . . .

They should work as advertised and hiding behind 'designed for use with other levers' etc. is just bollox unless they point that out in advance. Retailer's problem, not yours.

 

[Oscar's dad]

I think I would be pointing the Sale of Goods Act at 'Teh Supplier' and pulling the trigger. Not suitable for porpoise and stuff . . .

They should work as advertised and hiding behind 'designed for use with other levers' etc. is just bollox unless they point that out in advance. Retailer's problem, not yours.

I could of pushed harder but couldn't be bothered. 

Mind you, last year I did get a brand new Fiat 500 off Fiat UK when the original one broke down 3 times in less than 6 months!  Got Trading Standards involved and all sorts so when sufficiently pi55ed off I can go for it    One of the most satisfying aspects of the Fiat saga was thumbing my nose at all the twats on a Fiat owner's forum who said I'd never win and was bonkers pushing for a brand new replacement car as Fiat were honouring the warranty.

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

Buying a Fiat is a brave move. 

[Oscar's dad]

Buying a Fiat is a brave move.

It's fine now. We just had a Friday Afternoon Car. Nothing wrong with theFiat 500 so long as you get the Twin Air.

[tiermat]

Buying a Fiat is a brave move.

It's fine now. We just had a Friday Afternoon Car. Nothing wrong with theFiat 500 so long as you get the Twin Air.

I have to disagree with you, see my rants passim.  That said, though, my rant was based on a whole unrepresentative sample (of 1).  Driving a 500 is not something I wish to repeat again in a hurry.

[Oscar's dad]

Nope, the F500TA is a smashing bit of kit, now we have one that works. Goes like shit of a shovel.

[tiermat]

I think we will have to agree to disagree on that one, OD.  FWIW I am not one of these that has a downer on all Italian cars, in fact one of my favourite cars ever was a Fiat Uno Turbo (a Mk1 with the plastic tailgate).  Unreliable as hell and uncomfortable but I could easily get it leave the bonds of Mother Earth on the smallest of hump back bridges.

Still don't like Fiat 500s.

[Oscar's dad]