B17, Bent Rails
05-26-07, 06:39 AM
#1
...
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Blacksburg VA
Posts: 114
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
B17, Bent Rails
I got swiped last night by a car and my B17 took most of the damage. The leather is badly scuffed and one of the rails are bent. Can I do anything to bend the rail back into place?
05-26-07, 06:44 AM
#2
Don't smoke, Mike.
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Toronto
Posts: 3,295
Bikes: Devinci Tosca, IRO Rob Roy
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I took a list of all the skus our Canadian Brooks supplier has awhile back - they listed replacement rails and rivets, so maybe there's someone in your neighbourhood that can hook you up if you do some research.
05-26-07, 09:49 PM
#5
hunter, gatherer
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 1,183
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
if it was a model with steel rails there's a good chance you can bend it back ok..
clamp it in a vice and get some leverage on it..
you've nothing to lose if it's not rideable now
clamp it in a vice and get some leverage on it..
you've nothing to lose if it's not rideable now
05-27-07, 12:44 AM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: birmingham
Posts: 829
Bikes: a tvt soon to become a s/s...
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
apart from nutsack/ladyparts when the rail fails because of fatigue in a couple of thousand miles?
fsnl
sparky
fsnl
sparky
05-27-07, 07:21 AM
#8
lerning
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 41
Bikes: Bianchi 928. Fuji Fixed Gear.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I'm not sure if this should be in another thread, but...
If a bike gets damaged by a car and the driver is at fault is that driver legally responsible for the damage?
If so have him bend them back for you or buy you some new ones.
If a bike gets damaged by a car and the driver is at fault is that driver legally responsible for the damage?
If so have him bend them back for you or buy you some new ones.
05-27-07, 09:11 AM
#9
It's an old photo
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Entropia
Posts: 774
Bikes: Cannondale R500, Specialized Hardrock
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
^Have him bend it back for you? I can picture some hick with a Nascar hat, flannel shirt, and sunburnt arms grunting as he tries to bend it with his fingers, as you stand by chuckling. This occurs on the dirt road he lives on, right beside his truck that's worth more than his dilapidated house. Hahahaha.. I love my imagination.
05-27-07, 12:39 PM
#11
lerning
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 41
Bikes: Bianchi 928. Fuji Fixed Gear.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Boss Moniker
^Have him bend it back for you? I can picture some hick with a Nascar hat, flannel shirt, and sunburnt arms grunting as he tries to bend it with his fingers, as you stand by chuckling. This occurs on the dirt road he lives on, right beside his truck that's worth more than his dilapidated house. Hahahaha.. I love my imagination.
Amendment XXVIII
No driver who hits a bicyclist shall get away scott free, less he make an attempt to bend the wheels himself. If he shall see for himself how frustrating fixing broken parts would be and fails he shall then purchase the rider a new fixed gear.
Think it'll pass?
Last edited by ShuaMarc; 05-27-07 at 05:33 PM.
