Orbea Wild 2023 Headset spinblock broken

[Rocketship]

I have a 2023 Wild and the collector spinblock has broken in half. - (the part that sits directly underneath the stem). It is made of plastic and has a really thin section where the cables run through.
Orbea are sending new parts under warranty to the local shop to fix it. Anyone else had issues with this?

 

[Rocketship]

I have a 2023 Wild and the collector spinblock has broken in half. - (the part that sits directly underneath the stem). It is made of plastic and has a really thin section where the cables run through.
Orbea are sending new parts under warranty to the local shop to fix it. Anyone else had issues with this?

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[Mosand]

I had the same thing happening to my Rise. I have a 5mm split spacer under it, so I epoxied it together to make one part. Works fine.
I was told by my LBS that Orbea is adressing this with a new part made of alu.

 

[Rocketship]

That makes sense to make it in alu as this design is daft. Also if you have an off and the handlebars take a knock, I think it will twist and break it?

 

[Rocketship]

Update - new Spin block has finally arrived at the dealer. I had to keep chasing Orbea all the time and they took 2 weeks to send out the part from Spain!?

The new part is still plastic like the old one.

I am still wondering about this design through. It has a solid stop which restricts the bars from spinning. If you came off and the bars take a knock, wont the stem try and turn and put a lot of pressure on the plastic spin block?

 

[Rocketship]

Not the only one who has come across the problem. See 3.00m in