Does anyone remember the Wiggle Series of Sportives.
Ive still got socks from one of their events.
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This is the big mountain that Fran Millar has to climb to turn the company around. I wonder if she will succeed.
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I did a couple of those.
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I would be too.
Other brands don’t come close.
MAAP is okay. But breaks easily.
Pas Normal is for twiglets.
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It does say a lot of this years losses were from the consolidation of distribution warehouses.
I do like their technical stuff as much for running, wear quite a lot of it, but I’ve got more than enough cycling kit which is probably their problem.
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This is a cycling industry problem. Do we really need new bikes and kit EVERY YEAR??? They really need to look at this.
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Positive EBITDA but a huge loss?
Sounds like the typical PE model where they’ll drown under their debt and fold in a year or two’s time 
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Remember those £300 Prime carbon wheels a few of us pounced on in the great jumble sale?
Not my set, a club mate on this morning’s spin.
Makes me nervous about mine
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oof, what happened?
He hit the edge of an exposed cattle grid, exploded like a gunshot, sealant everywhere.
He was fine, Pissed off, but fine.
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I think that could happen with almost any brand if hit just right/wrong.
You’d hope it wouldnt happen with Zipp Env or premium brands, but I know people that have killed them too… straight into an Alpine Mountain though.
Two pairs of hunt wheels myself, probably about the same grade?
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Yeah agree with you, could happen to any wheel really, It was the explosive nature of the failure that shocked me most.
I think the original price of these was £800 a set. Obviously Prime/Wiggle are long gone so he will need to take it on the chin.
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Would credit card not provide some cover?
Not a nice thing to happen. Lifetime warranty with Zipp though.
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Can also add lifetime warrrenty with Hunt.
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Endura also posting big losses now, hopefully they can weather the storm.
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Does lifetime warranty actually mean your lifetime or a “reasonable lifetime “ for a set of wheels?
I seem to remember one bike manufacturer’s “lifetime” warranty actually being 5 years when you read the small print
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Probably also have a lot of caveats within that 5yr ‘lifetime’ also
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HED wheels is 5 years.
Hunt is ‘lifetime crash replacement’ original purchaser only. H_Care. +£79
I had it on one set 80/60mm but not on my 50s
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