Recent content by Captain Ron

I think I'll maybe ask their thoughts about adding/dabbing a little Loctite (they can choose the colour) onto that spooky bolt that secures the chain-tensioner.

Recent drastic Radmission chain-tensioner failures ... Hi Guys, You can see my earlier posts related to this topic here. My local bike shop guys are the best. I live in the lowest-cost best-biking mountain town in Canada. I received my Radmission around Hallowe'en last year and the LBS...

The Suntour seat post (with the heavier duty spring) arrived and was installed yesterday ... an expensive upgrade, but worth it.

Sounds like a plan! Thanks for the "closure" ... 👍🏻 👍🏻

Thank you. Do you know (or have reason to believe) if the new one has a second hole) alongside the one in which that hex-head is now secured? Do you suspect that your first flawed tensioner originally had a hex-head set screw in one of the two (?) holes and that it quickly popped out? And that...

Another member over on the CandlePower Forum website asked me about my first impressions of the new Fenix BC30 V2 bike light ... so I might as well cut-and-paste it here as well ...

Hey JLF, Thanks for the follow-up. We're (naturally) all hoping that one of the components on the original chain tensioner had a rare manufacturing flaw, or was improperly secured/installed at the factory ... which could have caused its accelerated wear and eventual destruction. Fortunately...

I suspect (and hope ... with a sense of relief) that you may be correct. Thanks for chiming-in ...

Point noted. Sometime within the last few hours I read a great anecdote about Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller discussing (as only them two guys can) that idea at a billionaire's beach-house party that they were both attending. I just went back and Googled it. I found this interesting story in...

Thanks for the fast reply. It will be interesting to see how this unfolds. Their lack of a timely response is troubling, if nothing else ... In the last few weeks on these forums, I think I have learned something of which I was not aware. If I understand correctly, it is not uncommon for these...

JLF, is there a possibility that your particular issue with your Radmission's chain-tensioner was just an unlucky "one-off" event ... a totally possible anomaly based on the rare failure of one mechanicalpart or one sloppy factory assembler? The simple fact that Rad Power very suddenly created...

Hi JLF, Thank you very (very) much for the heads-up (cautionary) warning. I immediately checked my Radmission but (so far) everything seems snug and aligned. I guess it's just a matter of watching it carefully ... a waiting game. In the automotive world, I think that this would be called a...

I sat down at my computer a couple of weeks ago and saw that I had an email from Rad Power Canada asking for my first impressions of my new Radmission ... which I've had for a couple of weeks. I had the opportunity for three nice rides before before winter finally arrived. Here's what I wrote...

Hi Timpo, This detailed review of an almost identical light (the original BC30 ... not my incoming Version 2) should answer your question. The issue is also discussed in detail in the comments...

Hi Timpo, I think that that (along with the BC35R's lower burst lumens) is because my headlight uses removable (externally charged) 18650 batteries ... which I (lucky bastard) already owned. We'll both be fine ... this stuff is just splitting hairs ...