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  1. #4
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    Apr 2008
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    Thanks ladies, sometimes a good rant makes you feel better...

    Quote Originally Posted by Eden
    Please tell me she was ticketed!
    Of course not - if you or I had ran a stop sign we would have, but the lucky woman works for the police department... so as soon as she admitted fault and agreed to covering all bills the officers were more than satisfied and suggested resolving everything with insurance. Not that I care about people getting tickets, really - but I do care about someone learning the lesson. And I think she has: she got so scared that I'm quite sure next time she will look back and forth a few times before driving off a stop sign.

    Quote Originally Posted by ilima
    The frame is carbon, right? Please get it inspected very well & have your shop see if they can get a new one--from Italy if need by. And I'd frankly just want everything new if it can be done.
    Yep, everything carbon, frame, fork, post, bars, stem, cages... I had two bike mechanics (the ones that work on my bikes all the time) inspected frame, fork, and all the parts for hours. They inspectd and tested the frame and then the frameset alone, and then they placed some different components on it to make sure that everything was in perfect working order.
    Their conclusion is that the frame did not report any damage mainly because it was (I'm serious) "protected" by my legs. So basically my legs and one wheel took most of the hit from the truck and the ground - instead of the frame. How nice...
    So, the evidence does not support a new frame - but definitely a bunch of new parts. They are putting them on order today, and honestly suggested to replace everything that was even just scratched with a new part. Not my intention to rip people off or anything, but a deep scratch in a small carbon part can mean a broken part very soon - and I am not going to take chances.
    Oh well, it could have ended up worse!
    Last edited by TxDoc; 08-05-2008 at 04:38 AM. Reason: clicked 'post' before finishing the message, not awake yet maybe...

 

 

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