After being warned by some NRS owners, My skareb fork broke. Here's the stroy:
Well today I went for a ride at Santiago Oaks. As I was climbing up a technical hill I heard a weird noise. After that my wheel had started rubbing the reverse arch of the Skareb. At first I thought I had bent the skewer and when I checked to see, it wasnt bent. Well after checking that the wheel was still hitting the arch. Well I inspected the fork and I discovered big crack underneath the right side of the arch. Well my ride was completely over because it was too dangerous, so I decided to walk the bike back to the truck. Well after getting to my truck I took my bike down to the LBS and they were surprise to see it cracked. Now im just waiting for them to call Giant and Manitou about this problem. I just wanted to know if this was common on the Skarebs, b/c Ive heard that it was. Also if it was a defective arch and Manitou does decide to replace it, should I stay with the Skareb of go with the Black. BTW I have a 03 Giant NRS 2 with a Skareb Comp Fork. Thxs for your input
I took some pics of the Cracked area also...
Well today I went for a ride at Santiago Oaks. As I was climbing up a technical hill I heard a weird noise. After that my wheel had started rubbing the reverse arch of the Skareb. At first I thought I had bent the skewer and when I checked to see, it wasnt bent. Well after checking that the wheel was still hitting the arch. Well I inspected the fork and I discovered big crack underneath the right side of the arch. Well my ride was completely over because it was too dangerous, so I decided to walk the bike back to the truck. Well after getting to my truck I took my bike down to the LBS and they were surprise to see it cracked. Now im just waiting for them to call Giant and Manitou about this problem. I just wanted to know if this was common on the Skarebs, b/c Ive heard that it was. Also if it was a defective arch and Manitou does decide to replace it, should I stay with the Skareb of go with the Black. BTW I have a 03 Giant NRS 2 with a Skareb Comp Fork. Thxs for your input
I took some pics of the Cracked area also...