Bought an AL6 a month ago and set it up like they mention in the brochure, even made sure that every bolt is tightened at the right NM except BB, cassette and disk rotors lock rings (no tools for doing it).
After 100 km of mixed terrain (road, fields, forests with some roots and ~10 cm drops) the lock ring of the rear disk rotor has detached itself and disk has jumped from the hub.
Just starting to hear some noise 50 meters after doing a descent through the forest at 50 km/h (glad that didn’t happened doing the descent).
I am just wondering if I am responsible for checking if these things are well tightened. They don’t expect that everyone should have a bbt 69.4 just laying around…
Anyone had any problems like this with them. If yes, what was the outcome?
by OkInvestigator6267
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Not exactly what happened to you, but after some riding my gc5 (when it was still new), my cassette started slipping under load and it made its way loose. Wobbly to the touch. I don’t have a lot of tools either, but I do have a bike shop that took a look at it no problem. Torqued it down to spec and haven’t had an issue since (~2500 miles).
Edit: point I’m trying to make is, take it to a local bike shop to give it a once over. Mine offer a “free safety check,” specifically for DTC bikes.
Yeah, centerlock is terrible and is well knows for sometimes becoming loose. Tighten and keep an eye on it from now on.