Giant Contend AR 1. Carbon fork / aluminum frame.
Driver turned from the incoming lane across my lane into an adjacent road and I hit them straight on.
Chasing insurance but trying to prepare.
Luckily I'm all good except two minor bruises.
by StephenIsMeName
17 Comments
No dude.
He’s dead Jim……m
Sorry that one cactus
It’s dead
Yeah she’s shagged brother.
😵🧟🧛♂️
Stick a fork in it, it’s done
Sorry it’s new frame time / new bike time.
I totalled my TCR at the same spot.
Aluminum frame, especially those superlight one, are not repairable.
You could use it as a turbo bike, and just leave it in a trainer? Otherwise, it’s time for a nbd
Im really happy to hear youre doing ok.
I work at a shop and I get to hear a lot of insurance success stories…. usually it kinda ends up being a blessing. The pay out being enough to get a bit of an upgrade. So keep it up man. Make sure you get a shop to total the bike or to give you a huge massive estimate for replacing the frame and all damaged parts
Fork is likely done as well.
I would get slightly bigger steel tubing, cut it in half length ways. Bolt it over the damaged area and have an ugly frankenstein bike. I don’t recommend anyone else do it but thats what I would do personally.
Totaled
Yes, if you trade it for a new one. Get another fork too.
No and their insurance needs to pay for it and for your bruising and for all the damage to your kit.
Aluminium is fairly easy to.. recycle. It shall live a happy life as a new bike frame for someone else.
RIP
I had the exact same damage on my fist road bike, a Canyon Passione. The aluminum frame was not repairable. The carbon fork seemed fine, but everyone recommended to trash it as well. Sold the bike cheap for the rest of the components.
Nowadays that I ride indoors a lot, I would have kept it as a trainer bike.