

Sad story, and I can’t believe this happened. After hyping myself up an entire weekend, ordering the new Aeroad SLX 7 and all kinds of fancy tech/kit, it finally arrived yesterday.
I built everything up, connected all the tech, and with a big smile I went for a test drive.
Bike felt really good, and fast! But it lasted only 5k. On a village road I rode ~30k/hr, and saw someone up ahead biking a bit strange – a bit wobbly. I noticed and stopped pedalling, used the nice in-the-bar bell and positioned myself to the far left of the road… only for this old man to turn left without watching and without signaling (here in the Netherlands you have to point your finger in this case). I shouted, braked and he looked at me a deer in the headlights, freezing and standing still on the middle of the road (sideways).
I couldn’t go around the right as he blocked the road and bumped into his rear wheel. I was launched from the bike (scratched and bruised). My bike is now unrideable after only 5k: the front brake disc is bent, the right shifter is bent inwards and scratched, and I think the wheel doesn’t align perfectly with the steer anymore. Also my phone screen is broken from launching on the road from my back pocket.
I will ask him today to call his liability insurance, because he didn’t follow road rules and I don’t believe I could have done anything differently in this situation. And I’ll call Canyon to ask about checking the bike and repairing it into factory new state, whatever the cost.
Would anyone have some advice for me? Is there any hope for the bike returning to “new”? I don’t see anything wrong with the front wheel, but his rear wheel was bent really bad… should my front wheel not also be damaged? Could the carbon frame be fractured? Is there anything else you recommend?
by Sebastiaan1337
2 Comments
Get a new front disc, get your bike frame checked out at a local shop to make sure there’s no frame damage, and have them true your wheel. If no damage to frame then you’re in pretty good shape and got off pretty well. These things happen!
The bike is totaled. I can do you a favor and take it off your hands for free.