Stay clear!!!
Does NOT honor 2 year EU warranty.
Does NOT take responsibility for broken bike.
Blames customer for ISSUES!
Beware and stay clear.
This weekend, my daughter’s front wheel fell off her bike causing a bad accident and we had to take her to the hospital. When the wheel fell off, the whole connector unit to the hub dynamo fell off the front axle revealing that the lock bolt between the hub and the unit was broken but super glued in place (Who super glues a lock nut on a bike?!).
Today, Monday, 30 November, 2020, I called Shimano explaining the situation and asked what I should do and they said to take the bike to the shop where I bought the bike. I bought it from Cykelbasen in Valby (Vigerslev Alle 58) on 14 November 2019.
I called the shop at about 10:00 and told them what had happened. I told the man on the phone that I had already spoken to Shimano and that they would be happy to replace the hub dynamo (no problems). He said he couldn’t do anything until he looked at the bike. Before hanging up, I asked him if it was okay to remove the front wheel so that I could transport the bike and he said it was fine.
At about 11:00, I had him look at the bike and when he saw the broken lock nut, he got very hostile, blaming me for what had happened and refusing to repair the bike. I got angry and confused explaining to him that both Shimano was happy to fix it and that that this repair still falls under the 2 year EU warranty. At that point, he pushed the bike toward the door and told me to get out. I collected the parts, took the bike and left.
On closer inspection, it is very clear that the lock nut was broken from the beginning and that it was glued in place. We were very fortunate that my daughter wasn’t badly hurt when the wheel fell off.
November 30, 2020
Unprompted review