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Al frame safe after crash?
My wife tried to pull the car into the garage with my Fuji still on
the roof rack. The rear wheel hit first, and folded up, but the rear stays look OK. The front forks, which were clipped into the rack got completely bent and cracked. My question is, if the frame seems OK, should I just replace the fork and rear wheel, or are AL frames much more susceptible to failure once sustaining this kind of shock damage. FWIW, the bike is 3 years old, cost $600, and has about 5,000 miles on it. |
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On Jun 12, 5:21*pm, Brian wrote:
My wife tried to pull the car into the garage with my Fuji still on the roof rack. The rear wheel hit first, and folded up, but the rear stays look OK. The front forks, which were clipped into the rack got completely bent and cracked. My question is, if the frame seems OK, should I just replace the fork and rear wheel, or are AL frames much more susceptible to failure once sustaining this kind of shock damage. FWIW, the bike is 3 years old, cost $600, and has about 5,000 miles on it. How much you like the bike? Chances are that the frame's fine. I'd check it under strong light for cracks. If you can find a fork and rear wheel for a couple hundred to fix the bike--and it's not a bike you've got a grudge against, fix it. But keeping in mind that it's an alu frame and it's gotten a good whack--the components have 5K on them, it's gonna need a couple hundred bucks worth of kit to fix--are you really happy with the color? ;-) |
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On Jun 12, 5:30 pm, landotter wrote:
On Jun 12, 5:21 pm, Brian wrote: My wife tried to pull the car into the garage with my Fuji still on the roof rack. The rear wheel hit first, and folded up, but the rear stays look OK. The front forks, which were clipped into the rack got completely bent and cracked. My question is, if the frame seems OK, should I just replace the fork and rear wheel, or are AL frames much more susceptible to failure once sustaining this kind of shock damage. FWIW, the bike is 3 years old, cost $600, and has about 5,000 miles on it. How much you like the bike? Chances are that the frame's fine. I'd check it under strong light for cracks. If you can find a fork and rear wheel for a couple hundred to fix the bike--and it's not a bike you've got a grudge against, fix it. But keeping in mind that it's an alu frame and it's gotten a good whack--the components have 5K on them, it's gonna need a couple hundred bucks worth of kit to fix--are you really happy with the color? ;-) Good points, and a new bike is appealing. Certainly the wife can't complain either since she was responsible for the damage :-) |
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"Brian" wrote in message ... Good points, and a new bike is appealing. Certainly the wife can't complain either since she was responsible for the damage :-) You'll still get the complaining. It will just manifest itself in another form. :-( |
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"Carl Sundquist" wrote in message
... | | "Brian" wrote in message | ... | | Good points, and a new bike is appealing. Certainly the wife can't | complain either since she was responsible for the damage :-) | | You'll still get the complaining. It will just manifest itself in another | form. :-( | Most likely as in- "Why can't we re-do the kitchen? You went out and got yourself a new bike..." --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com |
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On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:21:51, Brian wrote:
My wife tried to pull the car into the garage with my Fuji still on the roof rack. The rear wheel hit first, and folded up, but the rear stays look OK. The front forks, which were clipped into the rack got completely bent and cracked. My question is, if the frame seems OK, should I just replace the fork and rear wheel, or are AL frames much more susceptible to failure once sustaining this kind of shock damage. FWIW, the bike is 3 years old, cost $600, and has about 5,000 miles on it. I don't know about the frame/damage/etc, but I heard a helpful hint: When you mount your bike on the roof rack, put the garage door opener in the seat bag. If you forget about the bike on the roof, you'll remember when you can't open the garage. Most people tend to stop before driving through a closed garage door. -alan -- Alan Hoyle - - http://www.alanhoyle.com/ |
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Brian wrote:
My wife tried to pull the car into the garage with my Fuji still on the roof rack. The rear wheel hit first, and folded up, but the rear stays look OK. The front forks, which were clipped into the rack got completely bent and cracked. How did the rear wheel hit first? Was she backing in? My question is, if the frame seems OK, should I just replace the fork and rear wheel, or are AL frames much more susceptible to failure once sustaining this kind of shock damage. FWIW, the bike is 3 years old, cost $600, and has about 5,000 miles on it. If the forks were bent and cracked, I'd guess other tubes were damaged. Does the headset turn without binding? Any kinks in the downtube or top tube? You might want to have a good shop look it over carefully. But since it's not an expensive bike to begin with, and as a minimum you'd need a new wheel and forks, I think you'd be better getting a new bike. Art Harris |
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On Jun 12, 3:21*pm, Brian wrote:
My wife tried to pull the car into the garage with my Fuji still on the roof rack. The rear wheel hit first, and folded up, but the rear stays look OK. The front forks, which were clipped into the rack got completely bent and cracked. My question is, if the frame seems OK, should I just replace the fork and rear wheel, or are AL frames much more susceptible to failure once sustaining this kind of shock damage. FWIW, the bike is 3 years old, cost $600, and has about 5,000 miles on it. I would carefully check the down tube/ head tube junction to see if ithere is any damage -- sometimes you get a crimp in the down tube with a wall impact. If not, you are probably O.K. I have been riding welded aluminum frames since the mid-80s and broken a fair share of them -- the failures occurred with notice, meaning that there was a fatigue crack or obvious damage to the frame. They are not prone to "hidden damage" any more than steel frames, IMO. I would toss the forks even if they looked undamaged because CF is prone to hidden damage, and the failures are catestrophic. I had an old Cannondale frame with a crack around 40% of the down tube, and I rode it home-- although that was a way-overbuilt 80's frame. I wouldn't try that on the current crop of Al frames.-- Jay Beattie. |
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Alan Hoyle wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:21:51, Brian wrote: My wife tried to pull the car into the garage with my Fuji still on the roof rack. The rear wheel hit first, and folded up, but the rear stays look OK. The front forks, which were clipped into the rack got completely bent and cracked. My question is, if the frame seems OK, should I just replace the fork and rear wheel, or are AL frames much more susceptible to failure once sustaining this kind of shock damage. FWIW, the bike is 3 years old, cost $600, and has about 5,000 miles on it. I don't know about the frame/damage/etc, but I heard a helpful hint: When you mount your bike on the roof rack, put the garage door opener in the seat bag. If you forget about the bike on the roof, you'll remember when you can't open the garage. Most people tend to stop before driving through a closed garage door. Indeed. Words of wisdom. -- Michael Press |
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