Originally Posted by
the beef
Oh, true. Singapore.. hmm.
No but really - I'm no expert, but a properly tensioned front wheel should not just randomly explode. and as far as I know front hubs don't randomly seize, either, not when they're set up correctly. This is, of course, assuming that you're sure that nothing got caught in your wheels. But if this is Shimano's fault (which I don't think it is), we're not talking warranty replacement, we're talking recall. I don't know enough from your post to make a conclusive and informed judgment, but I tend to suspect that something was definitely not set up properly.
Beef, I respect your posts but this is a bit brunt. It is entirely possible that one out of probably tens of thousands of hubs fail catastrophically, an anomoly so to speak. Perhaps a bearing freakishly explodes jamming the others. I dont think this would require a recall it is most likely a one off incident, so yes were back to waranty replacement and since nobody was hurt (thankfully) life goes on....leave the laywers out of it