http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Blackburn EX-1 / CoPilot Limo en Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:39:23 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11519#post-131065 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 13:46:33 +0000 wangi 131065@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Done a tweet yesterday; <a href="https://twitter.com/talkporty/status/395925706602856448" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/talkporty/status/395925706602856448</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11519#post-131064 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 13:43:23 +0000 DaveC 131064@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They are on Twitter and Facebook. Why not make coments on their page and twitter feed? Hashtags do get caught in searches. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11519#post-131063 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 13:36:19 +0000 wangi 131063@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yup the failsafe strap saved the day; so no major dilemma. My jerry–rigged fix is substantially stronger than the original...</p> <p>Blackburn so far cannae be bothered... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11519#post-130977 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 21:34:36 +0000 HankChief 130977@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think it was the strap that saved the day for us. I did wonder why you had the strap as well as the other fixings!</p> <p>I only noticed it was a little rattly when I didn't have a passenger aboard. </p> <p>The day before we'd had a bit of hard bump coming off a train which is when I think it happened. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11519#post-130916 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:08:02 +0000 sg37409 130916@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When I had one of these seats, it had a strap that clipped round the seat post, as a failsafe in case the struts broke. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11519#post-130915 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:04:00 +0000 Smudge 130915@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ouch scary :-(<br /> Not had a prob so far, but then my coxswean does more travelling in the trailer than on the seat.<br /> (Eyes rack with concern) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11519#post-130906 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:44:12 +0000 SRD 130906@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>wow. hope everyone was okay and seat incumbent not too traumatised?</p> <p>We used ours a lot and everyday for years (probably overweight too) and never had this happen although blackburn on mr srd's bike is bent - but that is the main frame bit. </p> <p> however the current blackburn on the tandem is attached with different, more robust looking struts. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11519#post-130897 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:12:09 +0000 wingpig 130897@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My seatpost-fixings are steel and have been OK so far. I had an EX1 snap between the bow and first strut weld. After I'd been using it for a year after it ad been donated by someone who'd used it for two childrensworths of transportation. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11519#post-130896 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:11:46 +0000 HankChief 130896@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep. Happened to me on my EX-2 a couple of months ago.</p> <p>I wrote to them about it and only after a couple of chasers did I get a response that they would pass it on to the product department. Disappointing customer service. </p> <p>I was probably close to / over the weight limit, so admittedly didn't have a strong case but still. As I use it most days I had to buy a replacement EX-2 and carry on.</p> <p>18kg isn't very much by the time your child grows... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11519#post-130883 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:41:48 +0000 wangi 130883@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone else had problems with the supports attaching the Blackburn EX1 rack to the upper frame eyes snapping? Happened for the second time today for me; while the CoPilot seat and toddler were attached to the rack!</p> <p><a href="http://leekindness.com/images/limo-l.jpg"><img src="http://leekindness.com/images/limo.jpg"></a></p> <p>I fashioned a replacement out of aluminium myself after the first one went. Today both it and the remaining original snapped. Not at the weak point with the hole for attachment, but rather where it meets the rack...</p> <p>My girl is still way below the 18kg max... </p>