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ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

Flat tire

No ,not the SVX, but my Flyer Series K e-bike, and it became hilarious in the end......
Got a flat front tire this morning close to home, and I have from Flyer an extended warranty which covers absolutely everything you can imagine. So I called the help line, told them the bike was home with a flat tire, and they offered that a recovery service would contact me, pick it up, take it to a bike store for repairs, and then would deliver it back home....
Did I know much that this here below would show up, just to recover my bike

My Flyer may well have a carbon fiber frame, but still...

Eric

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Click image to enlarge You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
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5th Apr 2014 4:26pm

sweepc

Member Since: 19 Jun 2011
Location: uk
Posts: 568

2013 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Santorini Black

Well thats certainly good service

5th Apr 2014 4:33pm

gprich

Member Since: 14 Jun 2013
Location: East Devon
Posts: 42

2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Orkney Grey

What makes me laugh is the driver actually tilted the flat bed down

5th Apr 2014 4:34pm

ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

^^ Yes, but he did not use his winch to recover the "vehicle" onto the flat bed.

You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o
https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I
https://vimeo.com/201482507
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw

5th Apr 2014 4:38pm

GUM97

Member Since: 05 Feb 2012
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 3555

1997 Defender 90 300 Tdi HT Stornoway Grey

An engine to TDi for!
"Land Rover- Proudly turning drivers into mechanics since 1948"

6th Apr 2014 3:59pm

david mitchell

Member Since: 01 Jul 2012
Location: Meath
Posts: 418

You couldn't make it up

6th Apr 2014 8:39pm

jimbob7

Member Since: 06 Jul 2013
Location: uk
Posts: 2055

Your happy for a grease monkey to strap a £4k? carbon framed push iron on the back of a break down truck.... because you have a puncture........seriously dude

! Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5.

6th Apr 2014 9:29pm

Eduardo

Member Since: 28 Aug 2008
Location: RegiÃ³n Metropolitana
Posts: 2110

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Stornoway Grey

What a service!!!! Eduardo

MY 2007 110 SW PUMA 2.4: Big Fog of 64'
MY 1994 Jayco 1207 Folding camper: "El Tremendo"

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6th Apr 2014 11:33pm

ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

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jimbob7 wrote:
Your happy for a grease monkey to strap a £4k? carbon framed push iron on the back of a break down truck.... because you have a puncture........seriously dude !

A grease monkey?

This is a Swiss recovery service, Jim.

And no better place to get a new original tire installed than at the Flyer dealer of my choice, no? (The insurance help line asked me where I wanted the recovery service to take my bike to for this new tire installation, and I sent them to the store where the bike came from which has a first class workshop...)

Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o
https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I
https://vimeo.com/201482507
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw

7th Apr 2014 3:38am

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

It might just be the picture but it does look like it's going to be rubbing and banging against the that big box all the way there.

7th Apr 2014 1:29pm

ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

Just the picture. It is now at the bike store in good shape.

7th Apr 2014 3:09pm

pjb

Member Since: 08 Apr 2009
Location: Sunny Oxford
Posts: 1244

jimbob7 wrote:
Your happy for a grease monkey to strap a £4k? carbon framed push iron on the back of a break down truck.... because you have a puncture........seriously dude !

I think the shocking thing here is the price of the bike, or am I a little old fashioned & thought bikes were cheap

2020 P300 HSE

7th Apr 2014 3:59pm

ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

^^ Well, a carbon fiber Swiss made Flyer Series K is not cheap in purchase. But after 4 years and 7500 km it is like new, with many years of life left..... That is except for a flat tire now and then.

7th Apr 2014 5:04pm

ericvv

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
Location: Near the Jet d'Eau
Posts: 5816

And the beat goes on...... Exactly 5 months and 1 day later, a flat tire, this time the rear one. So calling my Flyer Insurance, and the same thing as last time happened. Big tow truck shows up to take it for repairs....
That's what I call service

But,......... it is a carbon fiber bike of course.

Eric

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6th Sep 2014 8:19am

munch90

Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: guildford
Posts: 3558

and they worry about emission levels then send a tilt and slide for a push bike , be honest I find that quite sad ( in the way of why do we bother with emission controls ) - and funny

could you not just put a new tube in yourself ?

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6th Sep 2014 8:29am

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