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Bike repairs after RTA.
I suffered an accident earlier this month, and I wanted some advice on
the bike. Its a Cannondale Caad 9 Tiagra Compact '09 which has Cannondale Ultra Carbon forks. The driver pulled out in front of me which resulted in me T-boning the side of his car, I don't know how my bike hit it or where it landed as I ended up in an ambulance. However after looking at my bike I can see that my right drop seems to be bent inwards so I'm presuming I tried to swerve (and failed). I know I did an almighty flip and I imagine the bike did the same as I was strapped in. I have checked my user manual and it states that my bike is not designed or impact and is likely to extreme component failure upon impact or words to that effect. Just wanting advice, I will be claiming for repairs anyways. Is it safe to get the handlebars replaced or am I risking 'frame fractures'? (sorry if I posted this twice, accidentally published my full email before) |
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JT wrote:
I suffered an accident earlier this month, and I wanted some advice on the bike. Its a Cannondale Caad 9 Tiagra Compact '09 which has Cannondale Ultra Carbon forks. The driver pulled out in front of me which resulted in me T-boning the side of his car, I don't know how my bike hit it or where it landed as I ended up in an ambulance. However after looking at my bike I can see that my right drop seems to be bent inwards so I'm presuming I tried to swerve (and failed). I know I did an almighty flip and I imagine the bike did the same as I was strapped in. I have checked my user manual and it states that my bike is not designed or impact and is likely to extreme component failure upon impact or words to that effect. Just wanting advice, I will be claiming for repairs anyways. Is it safe to get the handlebars replaced or am I risking 'frame fractures'? As other's said, you need a bike shop to say what is wrong with the bike, then claim it from the insurance company. Solicitor might be useful, depends on the insurance company at the other end. If you had any injuries (trip to hospital implies there were), then solicitor becomes almost essential. As its got carbon forks, the makers will say they need replacing after a head-on impact. In almost all cases its cheaper to replace than x-ray to check for cracks. I'd also be worried about the head-tube and where the frame tubes meet the head tube, so the frame is suspect. At which point it becomes questionable as to whether a new bike is cheaper than a new frame and swap all the undamaged stuff over (labour costs for the rebuild...). - Nigel -- Nigel Cliffe, Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/ |
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On Apr 6, 10:01*am, "Nigel Cliffe" wrote:
JT wrote: I suffered an accident earlier this month, and I wanted some advice on the bike. Its a Cannondale Caad 9 Tiagra Compact '09 which has Cannondale Ultra Carbon forks. The driver pulled out in front of me which resulted in me T-boning the side of his car, I don't know how my bike hit it or where it landed as I ended up in an ambulance. However after looking at my bike I can see that my right drop seems to be bent inwards so I'm presuming I tried to swerve (and failed). I know I did an almighty flip and I imagine the bike did the same as I was strapped in. I have checked my user manual and it states that my bike is not designed or impact and is likely to extreme component failure upon impact or words to that effect. Just wanting advice, I will be claiming for repairs anyways. Is it safe to get the handlebars replaced or am I risking 'frame fractures'? As other's said, you need a bike shop to say what is wrong with the bike, then claim it from the insurance company. Solicitor might be useful, depends on the insurance company at the other end. If you had any injuries (trip to hospital implies there were), then solicitor becomes almost essential. As its got carbon forks, the makers will say they need replacing after a head-on impact. *In almost all cases its cheaper to replace than x-ray to check for cracks. * I'd also be worried about the head-tube and where the frame tubes meet the head tube, so the frame is suspect. * At which point it becomes questionable as to whether a new bike is cheaper than a new frame and swap all the undamaged stuff over (labour costs for the rebuild...). - Nigel -- Nigel Cliffe, Webmaster athttp://www.2mm.org.uk/ Thankyou Nigel! I'm taking it up this week, see what they say & I will explain that it's and insurance claim. I am in the process of dealing with a soliciter and will post back the progress for anyone intrested over the next few weeks! I've had it out just before and after looking at it it seems that the shifters have taken the impact and bent around underneath the wrapping. Who's on bets that they'll re-wrap and straighten them out. |
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Quoting JT :
I suffered an accident earlier this month, and I wanted some advice on the bike. Its a Cannondale Caad 9 Tiagra Compact '09 which has Cannondale Ultra Carbon forks. Two in one month? What infernal bad luck for you. -- David Damerell Kill the tomato! Today is Second Oneiros, April. |
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