121c Aileron - Deck broke and customer service provided a refund

The plot thickens

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It came like that. Idk why there are 6 per side.

you were just asking last month if it was safe to drill into the deck?

also:

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This Instagram picture from 121c’s page shows some with 6 holes. But many others only have 4.

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Fair enough.

So the tldr of this thread is:

  • user bought deck
  • Deck broke
  • user got refund
  • user tried to repair said deck but it broke more
  • user creates thread and bitches about deck
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I mean, this is already well-established right? :slight_smile:

Updated title again. @AgentC27 sorry for the error!

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Seems like it lol

Sidenote, that space graphic on that one middle board looks epic ^^

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Looks like New & Old school truck mount patterns to me, interesting

And basically @AgentC27 you don’t repair carbon fiber by just filling in the Crack or patching it, you first need to remove all the damaged carbon fiber strands which run from the crash to wherever it can, you don’t know before your sand the coating down.

Check carbon bike forums, when they Crack and need repair, the hole left after damage removal is huge! And that’s where you start patching for repair.

I actually did sand it down, but probably not enough. I’m not rly that mad about it cracking after my “repair,” but it shouldn’t have cracked in the first place.

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Also, I was asking how to drill into it but it cracked while testing, I didn’t get the chance to drill.

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Yea it shouldn’t have, that’s why they refunded you

Is where it cracked the same place you started sanding? Maybe you hurt the integrity

If a bit of sanding caused a deck to crack then it would have cracked without the sanding too lol

I know we love to circlejerk and defend companies near and dear to our hearts, but honestly I just appreciate the PSA that 121c decks are not actually invincible.

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Yea, definitely. :sweat_smile:

What’s uncool about this thread is how it’s implied at first that the deck had a catastrophic failure without warnings. Now, we are still missing some facts I would like to ask @AgentC27 :

  • What were you doing precisly when the first crack appeared ? I would be tempted to push the deck to its limits personnally, especially when you look at their ad where they drive over it with a truck.
  • Have 121C mentionned a possible defect on your deck ? What was their explaination ?
  • Can you share a photo of the whole deck ?
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Idk, it seems like his whole family has an issue with cracking decks

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I would never think them to be entirely invincible, and manufacturing defects are a fact of life.

The issue is that this thread wasn’t made to be helpful; it was clearly presented to further smear a company that already refunded him.

He didn’t show up with detailed information on the failure conditions in order to inform people; this post came 2 weeks after he’d already posted about it on reddit and received a full refund, with no further information or photos given.

OP; your privileged attitude sucks, which is why you got push back from folks. Try presenting all the facts and the entire story before you show up trying to burn a company that already did you right.

“Hey guys, I managed to snap a 121C deck even though they’re tough as nails. The company already refunded me so no worries there, but wanted to share some information on what happened”

^ entirely different approach, with an entirely different intention. OP just wanted to shit on 121c, and I’m personally sick of that kind of attitude.

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The company did do right by him which is A+ in my book but it’s obvious it cracked at the stock holes and not at any new holes.

And op was being a little dramatic.

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I’ll take all the Ailerons people are too scared to ride now.

Anyone selling one? Always wanted one to push around.

The website is annoying because they say they offer 3 flex levels but give no option to select which.

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i will take the afterburner if anyone is selling, their website also says about selling deck only, but i don’t see an option :cry:

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