jonnyyork Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Thought I would post this as my mate and I were just blown away that this could happen to a freewheel that is only a month old and not even ridden hard! The outer casing just exploded when he went to pedal kick. I know the Tensile isn't the dearest freewheel on the market, and I could understand if it skipped or even crunched the internals but this is a bit ridiculous dont you reckon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 christ!!i had my tensile a year and i NEVER had any problems...replacement warrenty thingy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 it doesnt matter what you buy, how much it cost or how long you use it for, somethings do, will and have gone wrong. ust as a comparison; i had a set of marzzochi 66SL ata's about 650 pounds worth of forks, rode them 3 times in 1 month, blew the ata cartridge, blew the damping cartridge in the other legs and cracked the uppers, certainly doesnt mean marzzochi cant make forks and that they are all bad! it hasnt put me off buying another set thats for sure. i wouldnt worry about it too much, it certainly doesnt mean theyre bad freewheels, ive had mine for 3 months no with no real issues. just contact where you bought it from, your onza distributor, get it back to them and they'll sort you out im sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 You probably were running your chain too tight, or it was just crap. Most Tensiles have been fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 I think someone else had a tensile, and its outer ring broke in twoENO *** ... when i actually replace my freewheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyyork Posted February 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 You probably were running your chain too tight, or it was just crap. Most Tensiles have been fine.Chain was not to tight on his bike. He runs an echo fixed hub with the built in tensioner and it keeps working itself loose if anything. Must have just got a crap one then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 (edited) Oh dear has the the onza curse struck again?Lets all hope these freewheels don't start dropping like flys.Edit. It might look like i'm bashing onza but i'm not. From what i've seen the tensile seems like a great freewheel. Like I said lets just hope its only a couple of dodgy ones that are going like this. Edited February 2, 2008 by Anal_Teflon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyyork Posted February 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 I think someone else had a tensile, and its outer ring broke in twoENO *** ... when i actually replace my freewheelYeah I think someone in NMC posted a pic of one with big cracks in the outer ring.ENO I told my mate to buy mine pardon my dumbness, but what is with the '***' ? Very common phrase on here it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh_b Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 ive done that to mine, after a good comp season though. Send it back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 the mods filter f t w to ***and f t l to and biscuits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 what is with the '***' ? Very common phrase on here it seems.*** is what happens if you type F T W (for the win) without the spaces... someone set the swear filter to change it.F T L (for the lose), also without the spaces, becomes and biscuits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 i had mine 4 weeks and it did the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunt man t Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 (edited) *** is what happens if you type F T W (for the win) without the spaces... someone set the swear filter to change it.F T L (for the lose), also without the spaces, becomes and biscuitsi dont no what it means either but now im even more confusedoh wait now i understand Edited February 2, 2008 by stunt man t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 i had mine 4 weeks and it did the same thing.The swear filter also changes anything Dave trials says into utter bullshit. Only kidding dave I love you really you sexy cripple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Mine is a year and a bit old, just rebuilt it for the first time today, only because I was swapping it onto my main bike.Solid freewheels, send it back, it must have been a duff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totaltrials Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 There was probably just a one off faulty batch where the shells where tempered too much making them brittle, the majority of freewheels are solid, and you're always going to get a few faulty products in production of anything.Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 it doesnt matter what you buy, how much it cost or how long you use it for, somethings do, will and have gone wrong. ust as a comparison; i had a set of marzzochi 66SL ata's about 650 pounds worth of forks, rode them 3 times in 1 month, blew the ata cartridge, blew the damping cartridge in the other legs and cracked the uppers, certainly doesnt mean marzzochi cant make forks and that they are all bad!Bad example because the 66s with the ATA cartridge are well known for blowing up. Marzocchi have had hundreds of sets returned. But it's a good point anyway - even if you design and make something perfectly, there's always going to be one or two that have problems, E.g. because of a bad material or whatever. Unless this happens to lots of people, I don't really see that anyone needs to worry about buying Tensile freewheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 There was probably just a one off faulty batch where the shells where tempered too much making them brittle, the majority of freewheels are solid, and you're always going to get a few faulty products in production of anything.Phil.I guess it's a warranty job for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip-Mod Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 same thing happened to me after 6 weeks. just riding along aswell? if u want a warranty you have to go through supercycles/onza/tensile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 They should cover it on warrenty onza are good with warrenty. Its bound to happen to some. With every product some break its just the percentage that determines how good a product is and the average time it takes for them to. Like said there was proberly a dodgy batch factories fault not onzas more than likely. Get another as there great freewheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookyboy Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Tensile products = SHIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 The swear filter also changes anything Dave trials says into utter bullshit. Only kidding dave I love you really you sexy cripple.Sorry yer thats trueive had mine a year and it didnt explode and cause me to break my f**king knee in 4 weeks. *lie* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoby Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 (edited) *** is what happens if you type F T W (for the win) without the spaces... someone set the swear filter to change it.F T L (for the lose), also without the spaces, becomes and biscuitsSo if i type F T W with none of the spaces, will it come out ***? Edited February 3, 2008 by Smoby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waynio Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 personally id have just taken it off and sent it back.Tensiles warranty scheme is probably one of the best in the UK trials market, if you break it, they will more than likely replace it.Its a protected brand and has some good product under the tensile brand name, yes ok people have problems with the cranks, but as with any other product, what about deng stuff? try-all stuff? no matter what you design test or buy YOU WILL break things, its a fact of life unfortunatly. products nower days do have the best type of "R&D" possible with good CNC' programs and also computer software that can tell you weak points and strong points and also places where you can lighten/strneghten etc Wayne.God not to mention how much stuff i "used" ot break, id have a post at least 10 pages along with my own personal posts in. In the last 2/3 years i have hardly broke anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel C Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 thats exactly what my mates did exept he had a try-all one and he only had it about a week but he sent it back to were he got it from and they changed it for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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