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for me it was always about mike and mike but, especially about mike; and the podcasts were always about mike and his crazy addictive storytelling....; when he dissapeared at the beginning of the year, so were my frequent visits on pb; now that he is officially gone.. so will I as to me, without any disrespect, the new guys give me nothing I can relate with and their experiences and expectations of what mtb is, missed me out completely; basically, I cannot identify with and so, I cannot relate with and so, it feels like I am doing it for nothing(due to habbit)... and because I believe I'm no dv.mb kid, I will simply stop doing it. Thank you Mike Levy, it was a blast and I thoroughly enjoyed it!, ...and alsox, Fernando is still one of the goats, no matter what Peter Windsor says about his driving style!

@Timo82: no, they did not offered anything.. absolutely nothing.

@justanotherusername: discount for a new frame, as Nukeproof specified on their website with their crash replacement statement. (that's what crash replacement basically is). A free frame replacement would have been something else.. but, legally, it is difficult to prove that the frame was weak in that area and that, in theory, it should have never cracked in the first-place from such a low impact(basically, the chain-guard should brake before the frame itself as it has been design to specifically do that, while a frame is specifically strengthen in that area) And I never crashed the bike... I just hit/scraped a rock, while riding, with the chain-guard and a crack appeared in the isgs tabs area. No crash or direct hit was involved...as there isn't a single scratch on the frame in that area(in basically no area)

@justanotherusername: Hotlines is just the export and customer service company which CRC use to distribute nukeproof around Europe, maybe even beyond Europe(IDK); it is in the same group of companies, under CRC umbrella.

@warmerdamj:... and because of Hotlines's reply, my LBS had to give me, in writing, an official reply in which they say that the brand(i.e. Nukeproof) does not comercialise the "parts" required in order for me to have a un-cracked frame. For the record, my front triangle is cracked.

@warmerdamj: I am sorry I cannot put print screens here. They offered me nothing, absolutely nothing even though I said that if they don't have giga's on stock, I am open to proposals; they didn't offered me any; what they also didn't offered was a term/a deadline/an estimate of when they could offer me crash replacement.. basically, they just said.. "sorry, we don't have any frames available!" more so, the guy from Hotlines, in jest, said that he recommends me to stop sending emails and start looking for a carbon repair shop, as they will not offer crash replacement.. not now, not ever. (this happened on private messaging between the owner of my LBS and the guy responsible for our market from Hotlines; in good faith, the owner of my LBS showed me the message to explain to me that it is not him that does not want to help.., it is simply Hotlines refusing to consider my situation)

@warmerdamj: because I am in Europe... there's no point in selling a frame on an N American market. Their official reply was something along the line of "we have no frames available to sell to you through our CR program"(I've received the same reply through my LBS as well as when contact them directly)

@Woellerpaul, I didn't want my money back.. I want to be able to buy a new, un-cracked frame at the crash replacement price, as per Nukeproof's commitment to their clients; that's all.

@warmerdamj: of course I had receipts(first owner, brand new frame). No, I didn't hire a layer.. but I did make a formal complain, with all the documents and email exchanges that went between me and Nukeproof and between me and Hotlines, to government authorities that are in charge with customer protection and customer support. In EU, brands/manufacturers are required to adhere to rules and regulations. it is not a jungle, like in the states.

@chunkeemonkey: when the brand you trusted for a long period of time effs you up just because, yeah.. I can understand. I don't even want to repair the frame. I've put it up for sale at a modest amount and just want to get rid of it. Unfortunately.. it isn't that appealing because, due to the state of the industry and big discounts everywhere, ppl choose to pay more but have a brand new frame(even if alu) with warranty...so, the context is bad for me, which, in turn, is making me despise nukeproof even more.