Binch Shin wrote:If your expression "the front wheel is stuck at 90 degrees relative to the handlebars" means that the direction of the front wheel's axle is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the handlebar, your A-bike has been destroyed. I saw various failures but your case is exactly new.
That is what I meant, though there was about 20 degrees of give either way.
After reading through the posts on this site (very informative)
I decided to try to open up the front assembly,
and something snapped back into place,
and the thing works ok now.
The salesperson on the Mayhem line had suggested that I had twisted the brake cable around the lower buttons that snap out during expansion of the bike, or that those buttons were out of position.
Rides OK, brakes OK.
Thanks for your help, Binch.
I am a newbie where collapsing bikes are concerned,
and while I love the bike and enjoy riding it
these past two days were an awful experience
it is hard to recommend a device where, if you do not follow the instructions precisely to both open and close, you can break the machine.
(I appreciate about design tradeoffs, but one also needs to engineer for the human factor)
David
[quote="Binch Shin"]If your expression "the front wheel is stuck at 90 degrees relative to the handlebars" means that [color=blue]the direction of the front wheel's axle is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the handlebar[/color], your A-bike has been destroyed. I saw various failures but your case is exactly new.
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That is what I meant, though there was about 20 degrees of give either way.
After reading through the posts on this site (very informative)
I decided to try to open up the front assembly,
and something snapped back into place,
and the thing works ok now.
The salesperson on the Mayhem line had suggested that I had twisted the brake cable around the lower buttons that snap out during expansion of the bike, or that those buttons were out of position.
Rides OK, brakes OK.
Thanks for your help, Binch.
I am a newbie where collapsing bikes are concerned,
and while I love the bike and enjoy riding it
these past two days were an awful experience
it is hard to recommend a device where, if you do not follow the instructions precisely to both open and close, you can break the machine.
(I appreciate about design tradeoffs, but one also needs to engineer for the human factor)
David