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08-12-04, 02:34 AM
Funny there is a current running thread about storing bikes in the garage. Yesterday, while at work my wife called me to tell me she idled her car and got out to secure the door...Somehow, her car either came out of park or was not in park position..While out of the car, it moved ahead crunching the washing machine and two of my four bikes in storage in the garage. My older road bike, I think only had a rim crunched.
However, the hybrid I sometimes use off road had the right seat stay totally deformed...Luckily, my more expensive bikes were hitched on the opposite side of the garage, secured to a bolt in the floor.
But as to the Nishiki Sport..Really my wife's bike, but I sometimes ride it as a 'urban bike.' Think the rim deformed and seat stay is really deformed. Somehow the damage appears to have avoided the drive train area. I think.
I would be inclined to put it out with the trash...A cycling friend says there is a shop about 20 miles away that repairs bike frames.
The frame is cro moly. Bike cost new about $600. Is it worth the repair.? Can it be repaired. Would you trust it afterwards if it could be repaired.. In the future would rather put the money into an upgraded touring bike.
However, the hybrid I sometimes use off road had the right seat stay totally deformed...Luckily, my more expensive bikes were hitched on the opposite side of the garage, secured to a bolt in the floor.
But as to the Nishiki Sport..Really my wife's bike, but I sometimes ride it as a 'urban bike.' Think the rim deformed and seat stay is really deformed. Somehow the damage appears to have avoided the drive train area. I think.
I would be inclined to put it out with the trash...A cycling friend says there is a shop about 20 miles away that repairs bike frames.
The frame is cro moly. Bike cost new about $600. Is it worth the repair.? Can it be repaired. Would you trust it afterwards if it could be repaired.. In the future would rather put the money into an upgraded touring bike.