Bowflex rods snapping

"Curt" <curtjames.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1179180449.024681.316010@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> David <forgot....TakeThisOut@yahoo.au> wrote:
> [...]
>
>> <snip> and loosing weight. <snip>
>
> L~*oo*~sing weight?
>
> Do not taunt the Net Nanny.
>
> Lest it's to your room without your supper!

I won't be loosing any sleep about it - cause every time you send me to my
room mommy sneaks me a peanut butter sandwich -

>
> --
> Curt
>

David wrote:
> "WotMeWurry" <wotmewurry.DeleteThis@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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>> David wrote:
>>> <morten.DeleteThis@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:1179162839.672423.155410@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>>> Checking into the forum for the first time in a while. Guess what
>>>> prompted me? Another snapped rod.
>>>>
>>>> I'm going to start taking the advice above, and documenting now. I
>>>> am quickly starting to lose confidence, and am getting concerned
>>>> about safety. I've stopped letting my 12 year old son use the
>>>> machine. No bits have flown off my borken rods, but a snap at full
>>>> extension with a lot of weight could tear msucles, or worse.
>>>>
>>>> Typical snap, instant and in 3 places at the same time - that's the
>>>> strangest thing. 50 lb rod.
>>>>
>>>> I too was told that this was an isolated incident. "Just like
>>>> anything else that comes off an assembly line, some rods are a bit
>>>> more brittle than others", said the CSR for Nautilaus in Canada. The
>>>> rods always get replaced. But between having to install new
>>>> rods all the time (which eventually will weaken the rod box
>>>> screws) and the safety factor, I'm getting close to asking for $$
>>>> back onthe whole unit. Too bad, otherwise very good machine.
>>>>
>>> thanks for posting this. I was just about to buy a Bowflex! No way
>>> Jose! (one of those little accent signs over the "e") - nice of them
>>> to replace the broken rods, though! Besides, it breaks all the time,
>>> what do you think of the machine in general??
>>
>> David, its great ....if you want to play "pick up sticks"
> Yeah, but I wasn't going to use it much . . . just for general toning
> and loosing weight. The guy in the Bowflex ad on T.V. looks pretty
> good.

I'm pleased you like my ad......you too could have a body like mine....if
you are not careful.
And also have a bowflex like mine...snapped in pieces and used for
pickupsticks!