The Great Fork Boot Debate

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Mezo, did that bloke ever replace your fork boots? ... and did you have a direct email address for him?

Here's my first set .... :bat:

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I'm well out of pocket now with these bloody things, having a set lost in the post office & now this...

I've just ordered a set from Wemoto to try, pretty cheap at 15 quid, just hope the quality is good...
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His direct email will be in your Paypal account i think? if you paid that way.

He brushed me off & wasn't interested in giving me a refund or swap, so here is the name to watch for on ebay USA when your in the market for forks boots.

rpmagiccat :DICKHEAD:

Stay well clear of this guy & his products.

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MEZO wrote:His direct email will be in your Paypal account i think?

Oh yeah, I forgot that, maybe I can complain to paypal about him too....


Ordered set of boots from Wemoto midday yesterday, arrived this morning, that's what I call service......

They look good too....
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Update on the fork boots.....

The Wemoto boots are pretty good for the price, only problem with them is they don't have any holes drilled in 'em for the air to escape when they compress... I had to drill them myself.
Other than that for the money you can't go wrong....

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I have written a long letter to rpmagicat (Pinsonnault Moto X) from the States, I await his reply & a free replacement set.... :patch:
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GeoffD wrote:I have written a long letter to rpmagicat (Pinsonnault Moto X) from the States, I await his reply & a free replacement set.... :patch:
Yep so did i & he was no interested. :rage:

I read a guy had a set of them UFO ones & they also fell apart after one year, i see Noley has a new set on my old bike, have to ask him what brand are they, bet he says UFO`s now. :lol:

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I have a very old and dirty set of Polisport boots on my bike. And they seem to hold up very well, even the colour looks good (red) when cleaned up a bit.
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Mézo wrote:
Yep so did i & he was no interested. :rage:
Suprise suprise, got no reply.... I've written to him again, enclosing a copy of my original letter & I've also contacted him via ebay..... see what happens... I'll complain to paypal next.... :foot_tap: :bat:
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I got a reply.......


Hi,I got your message ,I cannot send another pair. These are no longer available as I am no longer ordering from that company.You bought these over a year ago even though you did not get much use, they are still old boots.The rubber they are made of must be affected by the ozone and weather,these are the only boots I have had someone complain about,sorry about this,Rich


Affected by ozone huh...... :scratch:

I WILL be reporting him to Ebay and paypal.......
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F*cking Lying Twat! :tosser:
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A member on the HUBB pointed these out, he says "identical to the original except for the colour"

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Ive just ordered the Ariete brand from Kedo, they should be OK if Kedo stock them right?

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