Re: Why is Shimano so hated by some?

> >day it's discovered until I finally replace it.  I don't know why it 
> >happens and I have not seen it happen on anyone else's bike.
> 
> Well that's not good - I guess that they are all from the same
> manufacturer?  Maybe on 3 seperate occasions a bolt got loose and on
> it's way to the ground it gouged the fast spinning rotor at just the
> right radius to cause a problem?
> 

And fastened itself back in the hole with fresh loctite?  Could be :)  
These are Hayes rotors, and it's only the front one it happens to and 
only mine.  And it's not like there's any sign of impact or gouging, 
it's just a hairline crack that develops in a non critical area.  I'm 
not a downhiller so I don't think I'm doing the sort of heat cycles they 
are.  My latest one has been cracked for over a year, I will only 
replace it if I come into a used one off a wrecked bike or something.
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