Comments on: R.I.P.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:22:21 +0000

Yo,

Stuff breaks; it sucks, but maybe it’s someones way of telling to get a new bike. Your frame can be fixed but maybe it’s more better to replace it, yes?

I’m sure you can find something nice out there.

Cheers,

Steve

By: Unknown

Unknown — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:40:57 +0000

Be like Superman, become a man of STEEL. I love my
Soma Crosscheck cyclocross/commuter made out of steel. I have already
been hit once on it and it didn’t even scratch the frame let alone crack
it. Toss on Phil Wood hubs, Chris King headset and a Tuvativ cyclocross
crank and you feel like Mad Max… mine is affectionately named Cujo. Ok
so it is a bit heavier than a typical weight weenie mobile but I never worry
about it letting me down and if I need to worry about weight I’ll take myself
to the gym and loose some off my ass before I start nit picking over grams on
my bike.

By: JPSOCAL

JPSOCAL — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:05:04 +0000

If you want a titanium i’d suggest that you check out Seven Bicycles (http://www.sevencycles.com/). They make an absolutely beautiful frame. Should last you the rest of your life. Glad you weren’t hurt that’s a scary story. Also a piece of wooden dowel or even a bit of tree limb whittled to shape and shoved into the frame might have held it togther and been a little safer. There are ways of doing temporary repairs to get you back from a ride with a broken bike. I see it broke below the shifter braze ons…..unfortunately that’s not unusual.

By: JPSOCAL

JPSOCAL — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:05:03 +0000

By: pete

pete — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:48:20 +0000

Jsus, Mary, Joseph & Fred!I once rode a mile with a sheared dropout and I couldn’t understand why my right pedal seemed to be going so much further than the left!Jeez that’s bad.I can’t wait to see the bike you get with the insurance.

By: bill

bill — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 01:40:43 +0000

WOW, that is an amazing story!!! Glad to hear you were not hurt. I had a similarly nauseating experience, not related to riding as I have recently developed a painful infection near my spine and undergoing medical treatment, but regarding my attempt to retrieve my Cannondale F500, which was stolen last September. I found that dang thing on ebay.

Have you ever had one of your bikes stolen before?

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:54:07 +0000

I don’t know what size you require, but if I were going to buy a new frame tomorrow…I’d consider the Merckx Corsa Extra’s made with SLX tubing. They have #62 and #69 and are limited editions at GVH Bikes. I believe they are both 56cm.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:25:20 +0000

Hi FC,
Well that’s just a LITTLE dangerous. Sheez. Good thing you didn’t DIE or anything!

Thanks for the photo because now I can see what could happen to my husband’s carbon fiber bike that I just crushed into our garage while it was on our car roof rack. The car rack was bent in half, the bike rack was crushed, but the bike itself? LOOKS perfectly fine, but there’s that little problem of unpredicatable carbon fiber shearing when the fram’s been compromised, so my husband says. I’m such an idiot. I am super jet-lagged/tired so my brain wasn’t functioning fully at the time of the incident. Such is life sometimes…

-bm

p.s. I have a new blog and am defecting from MSN, but still supporting the locals. http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/beastmom

By: PAUL

PAUL — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 03:32:20 +0000

Man! You got angels around you. You are really blessed.

By: Teamfubar

Teamfubar — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:29:19 +0000

Wow! That has to be the COOLEST break I have ever seen. You are very lucky (no skill involved…:^) to no have crashed and skewered your leg on the seperated down tube.

I am really here to chime in on the heated debate between Dean P and aregentius. Guys, can’t we all just get along? Buying a bike is all about choice and compromises. Just as Keith Bontrager said "Cheap, Light, Strong, pick any two." You unfortunately cannot have your cake and eat it too when it comes to bicycles. If it is light, it WILL break sooner than if it is built for strength. If it is built for strength, it probably will not be light (or the lightest). 9 years of hard commuting on a bike that probably not intended for commuting is not bad, Ti frame or not. I have seen frames of every type break (steel, carbon, aluminum and ti all in one XC race in South Dakota!)

A couple of things: 1. Just because it was built overseas does not guarantee crap. Just because it was built here does not mean it is good. 2. Cannondale did not almost go out of business because of aluminum frames, they almost went out of business because of bad business practices involving their motorsports division. I have had a Cannondale mountain tandem for 12 years of hard riding with my wife and it is still humming along fine. 3. FC, my high recommendation is a Moots. I have had the distinct pleasure of visiting their factory in Steamboat and I can assure you they have a passion about bikes and their QC is second to none. If you are going to commute, check out the Mootour. Right up your alley!