Uber rant..... with a silver lining

Bikerbaboon

Man have i had a crap day and its only 10.30.

I have spent the last week fixing up the drive train of my bike with new cain rings bash guard and rear casett and cain as well as replaceing for spokes on my rear wheel.
and this happend.

Got up early to get out for a bike ride...... clocks have gone back why have an extra hour in bed when you can get an extra hour on the bike. So i pack all my stuff and head of to stainburn. Bimble up and back down the short red loop to warm up and make shure every thing is working ok b4 i hit the full down hill run.

get to the Top of the down hill run and set off down 2nd jump and it fires me off a bit sideways and after hitting hte brakes and scrubbing my speed i sholder barge a tree.
I was feeling a bit off form but still lets give it a full run and i should shake of the cobwebs.........
Continue down the run as as i came out of the tree line and onto the large rocks my front wheel lost gri and fell off to the right of the trail in to the bog and stuck fast pitching me over the handle bars. face first in to a tree stump. got out of the bog and had blood running down my face ( bust eyebrow, cut nose and busted lip.) Quick check of the bike and down i went to finish the run.

As i started to push the bike up the hill i noticed a bit to play in the front of the bike. thought i had busted the forks or the head bairings...... well thats finished my ride out then...... got hte bike to to the top of the hill and the bike twisted. The good news is i dont think that i have damaged the forks or the bairings .


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and finaly my face



As hard as i have tryed with 2 sticks and a few zip tyes im thinking the frame is dead.

sooooooo time to get a new frame. I off to the on one web site. wish me luck. or should i go for a full sus...... hummmm ohhh and to make my day worse im off for lunch with the in laws

schmako

Ouch man, that is a very harsh start to the day! Must've been some crash to do that to the frame! And here was me thinking my day was bad when I noticed we've run out of choc chip wheetabix!

Petethebogmonster

I'd of taken the extra hour in bed!

jayson

Looking at those pics me too!!!! :shock:

tlw1

Bad news your frame is knackered.................... good news - time to upgrade

Bikerbaboon

Well i have been haveing a look at bikes on line and Im still torn between getting another HT bike or going full suss. Im looking at getting the frame only as most of the componants were only put on this week.

so im thinking about something like
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=21087

or
http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/acatalog/O ... 56_30.html

or ebay for a good looking second hand 5 or stumpjumper.



any one have any other sudgestions apart fomr taking up knitting like my wife is sudgesting?

dunker

well that sucks any chance of a warranty return on the frame? i always thought aluminium would bend before failing like that?

Bikerbaboon

Going to have a look at it, problem is im going ot have to go though halfords to do that.... any one have that well known book " frame warrenty returns for pre-schoolers" ?

tlw1

I like the look on the HT - cheaper so the wife is happier

Bikerbaboon

well im going to bob to halfords after i have been out with the inlaws to see if i can get a new frame underwarrenty but i may be getting a new on one 456 as i will be looking at a 6" fork at Xmass and the red will go well with my new chain set.

maximus69

gutted, lunch with the inlaws! sorry mate

Thermo1

dunker wrote:

well that sucks any chance of a warranty return on the frame? i always thought aluminium would bend before failing like that?

I think alloy will fatigue and then fail whereas chromoly will bend.

stu8975

Downhill runs on a ht xc bike? not exactly designed for that....go for full suss if dh/freeride/jumping is your thing..6in min travel.

johnnyrotten

How about this? Just to be different....

http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_ ... cts_id=134

I tried to look at the Xtension website to see what it was like, but it's a bit sparse. Under constrction.

PS. Could a pirate, ninja or monkey maybe fix your bike?

downhillholty

please tell me you didnt ride the rest of the run with your frame in 2 bits lol how did you not notice before!!!!!!

cunning-stunt

I shouldn't...but pmsl!
Can I plug the Marin I have for sale?

How did you not notice such a buggered frame straight away?!
When I crash first thing I check is the bike...then myself lol.

Bikerbaboon

I did finish the run on a bike in 2 bits and i still dont know how. :shock:


I am going to have to get in touch with singletraction ( they maintaion stainburn) to complain about the lack of monkeys pirates and ninjas about as im and sure they could have prevented the problems totaly.