What would you do?

[Biciclista]

wow, sorry to hear about your bike! I am surprised that the carbon frame
broke like that!

It sounds like you want a new bike, so copy the dimensions of the old one you liked and
good luck. Have you considered titanium?

[aicabsolut]

well the bike was in an accident on my hitch rack and slammed into the steel post. i'm not surprised it broke. unfortunately, i needed renter's insurance to cover it (the accident was my fault, so not covered by my auto), and i hadn't bought any yet, because until recently before that I was covered by my parents' homeowners.....anyway, just bad luck. now i'm fully insured.

As for the seat tube, I think that was from some overtorquing done by my old shop. Long story, but when i was having some fit issues, I tried another shop who noticed the collar was embedded in the paint. He didn't think much of it, but he didn't want to move it (it also wasn't aligned properly on the tube), so I guess I rode that bike with a broken seat tube for over a year before I trashed the rest of it. The warranty people aren't cutting me a break based on what I think was the dealer's bad, because the later damage that's my fault is so much worse.

And no, I'm not big on ti. If I want to go with a different material, I'd get a "beater" bike in aluminum, like a CAAD9.

I just don't know if I should cash in on the crash replacement or scrap the whole idea. I asked for Calfee to return my frame, because after I did the math, I realized I could have just bought another comp frame. It isn't worth it to sink that money into that quality of frame. But, is it worth it to sink even more money into a new frame I don't really *need*?