Originally Posted by
I_Like_Bike
I totally acknowledge that there could be more factors affecting a well performing group, but I have to believe that its partly because you get what you pay for.
There are such things as "lemons" where not each and every piece produced is perfect.
I am glad other have enjoyed theirs, but there seems to be an issue with mine. What the issue is I can't say.
Just me and others? I think of the dozens of posts here, there is only one complaint.
That's an overwhelming + for the Tiagra's rep IMO.
Would I buy it again? I hope I never have too, but its better than running.
Totally!
OT, but not;
I bought a DeWalt compressor.
It broke on me 3 times.
I lost a ton of time and money on it.
I paid extra because I wanted the best.
Besides it sucking, the customer service was horrible.
Would I say that all DeWalt compressors suck?
No. I'd say that I got a lemon.
But I won't dare take away from your personal experiences with Tiagra.
Honestly, your's is like a 1 in a million experience.
Did you do your own wrenching or did you have someone else do it for you?
I was joking when I made the comment about the wrencher, but it could be true.
Maybe it wasn't tuned properly. I know that in the first 100 miles or so,
the cables stretch and the derailleurs/brakes/shifters need to be dialed-in.
I'd say it took me about 200 miles before I got my Tiagra bike working right.
But after that, it gave me hundreds of trouble free miles and was working
perfectly when I sold them off to upgrade to Dura Ace.