Joined: 04 Sep 2005Posts: 99Location: Stockholm, Sverige
Hello everyone. A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to get t-boned by a car going the wrong way down a one way street while I was bombing down a hill on my recently acquired Davidson. This was about a week and a half after my broken hand (from a previous bike crash) had healed enough for me to ride again. Yay! The asshole who hit me then lied to me saying I was running a red light (I wasn't) and gave me a bogus phone number to contact him at. I was too shook up and stupid to ask him for his driver's license so I could copy down more info about him. The cops came, and in theory there is a police report. The SFPD is very slow about furnishing these reports for people though, as I've been waiting a couple weeks for one (Kori's been waiting even longer for one from when she was hit months ago). At this point all I have is a police case number and the guy's plate number, so I'm not counting on getting him or his insurance to pay for fixing my bike any time soon. I'm glad I dented his car up a bit at least, and knocked his front license plate off. Luckily I was not injured beyond some scrapes and bruises, and the damage to my bike wasn't too awful.
My front wheel got taco'd, so that I'll have to replace (after salvaging the dura ace hub in it). My front derailleur got bent, but I was able to bend it back by hand and think it should work ok again. Is it safe to use a derailleur that's been bent? Not as easy for me to fix myself is a small dent in the seat tube right above the front derailleur. Here's a shitty photo:
I want to take some better pictures and start asking around for quotes, but do any of you have a good idea of how much it should cost to replace this tube? It's a steel frame, and it's lugged.
Alastair
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:43 am
Joined: 12 Jan 2006Posts: 475Location: U-district/Ravenna
I've bent and unbent my derrailleur a couple of times. I've got Campy record, you've got dura-ace, at that level they're about as thin of sheet metal as you can get. It'll work fine again with a little shimmying.
As far as the frame goes, generally with steel tubing a ding is just a blemish, and unless you have issues with the appearance it shouldn't affect peformance. If you do any repairs on this thing at a shop, make sure to keep your receipts. You may still be able to get his insurance involved.
nick
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:07 am
Joined: 04 Sep 2005Posts: 99Location: Stockholm, Sverige
Alastair wrote:
I've bent and unbent my derrailleur a couple of times. I've got Campy record, you've got dura-ace, at that level they're about as thin of sheet metal as you can get. It'll work fine again with a little shimmying.
As far as the frame goes, generally with steel tubing a ding is just a blemish, and unless you have issues with the appearance it shouldn't affect peformance. If you do any repairs on this thing at a shop, make sure to keep your receipts. You may still be able to get his insurance involved.
Thanks. I'm not terribly concerned about the appearence of the dent (it took me a long time to even notice it). I was mostly worried about the tube not being so strong anymore. I would really not like for it to buckle while I was riding some day. That would be no fun at all.
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