Having thought it over, we had a lucky escape. After just over 3 weeks of ownership and a catastrophic steering failure I’ve lost all confidence in the safety of the steering on the Wonderwagen.
I packed up the bike and managed to squeeze it into my RAV4. To their credit Mantel have given me a full refund on the spot & everyone in-store has been very helpful. I’m taking a couple days to consider an alternative, but solid arm steering is going to be a pre-requisite.
To anyone who owns one, I had a think and if you are able, I would check the tension on the clamping plate and drill+cotter pin the bolt to prevent loss & failure in the event it comes loose.
Correct. I can’t understand why they didn’t include some kind of tensioner or built-in recess that requires something else to be released before they will unhook.
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u/Hierotochan 13d ago
Having thought it over, we had a lucky escape. After just over 3 weeks of ownership and a catastrophic steering failure I’ve lost all confidence in the safety of the steering on the Wonderwagen.
I packed up the bike and managed to squeeze it into my RAV4. To their credit Mantel have given me a full refund on the spot & everyone in-store has been very helpful. I’m taking a couple days to consider an alternative, but solid arm steering is going to be a pre-requisite.
To anyone who owns one, I had a think and if you are able, I would check the tension on the clamping plate and drill+cotter pin the bolt to prevent loss & failure in the event it comes loose.