Timeline for Frame failure sudden death?
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| Jun 9, 2019 at 3:02 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/1137555442576625666 | ||
| Jun 4, 2019 at 18:46 | answer | added | FreeMan | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 4, 2019 at 11:17 | answer | added | JoeKahno | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 4, 2019 at 11:05 | answer | added | david | timeline score: -2 | |
| Jun 4, 2019 at 8:28 | comment | added | Felipe Gutierrez | Yes indeed very bad quality materials, I don't know if I am going to get parts from GW again | |
| Jun 4, 2019 at 7:58 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | If hitting the pavement on its side deformed the seat stays, then the bike could be made of cheese. Even an aluminium bike should have survived that. I'd absolutely replace the frame. Check your insurance to see whether its worth making a claim. | |
| Jun 4, 2019 at 7:42 | comment | added | Felipe Gutierrez | @Criggie I am not entirely sure that the crash caused the bending, but let's say it did, when it happened the front wheel stopped working as soon as the fork failed and as I wasn't going perfectly straight the rear of the bike went over the side and hit the pavement deforming the frame. No they didn't replace any spokes. | |
| Jun 4, 2019 at 6:58 | history | edited | Criggie♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 4, 2019 at 6:55 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Would be good to know exactly what the hammering LBS did. I cannot understand how a crash caused damage at the lower end of both seat stays. I'm guessing two spokes were replaced or do the red ones mark the valve stem ? | |
| Jun 3, 2019 at 23:02 | comment | added | mattnz | You have two choices if you want to enjoy riding the bike without worry. Replace the frame, or go to a different bike shop and get a second opinion (then replace the frame). | |
| Jun 3, 2019 at 20:39 | comment | added | Ian MacDonald | Honestly, with a serious crash, you're unlikely to ever feel safe riding the same bike again. Just get a new bike. | |
| Jun 3, 2019 at 19:02 | answer | added | JPhi1618 | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jun 3, 2019 at 17:09 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jun 3, 2019 at 12:54 | comment | added | David Richerby | @gschenk I did carefully say "I don't think anyone can say 'that bike is safe to ride'" rather than "I don't think anyone can say whether that bike is safe to ride." | |
| Jun 3, 2019 at 12:50 | comment | added | gschenk | @David Richerby, in the case Al frame & bending it back in shape it's clear cut. There is no way one can safely do that. | |
| Jun 3, 2019 at 11:52 | answer | added | Argenti Apparatus | timeline score: 29 | |
| Jun 3, 2019 at 9:45 | review | Close votes | |||
| Jun 9, 2019 at 3:05 | |||||
| Jun 3, 2019 at 9:31 | comment | added | Felipe Gutierrez | I know, but I am just paranoid that I will crash again, any tips so that I can inspect it myself to see if I need a professional to look at it? | |
| Jun 3, 2019 at 9:27 | comment | added | David Richerby | I don't think this is answerable with the information you've given. And, really, just like a doctor needs to see the patient to give an actual diagnosis, I don't think that anyone can say "that bike is safe" without physically inspecting it. | |
| Jun 3, 2019 at 8:55 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 3, 2019 at 8:54 | history | asked | Felipe Gutierrez | CC BY-SA 4.0 |