Back to square one: bike was stolen over the weekend.
01-23-04, 08:31 PM
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My wife's 2200 was recently stolen, but luckily recovered. She had decided on the R800 to replace it, but liked the TCR alloy as well. I think the Giant has a little more agressive geometry. Good luck on your replacement.
01-23-04, 08:38 PM
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1. Lying is not the answer.
2. As I stated in my initial post, CONSULT with a lawyer, especially if it's a friend.
3. Get a quote for replacement and be done with it.
As far as the insurance man who answered, that's the same mentality that almost made me sue when I was hit on my bike. My lawyer, a friend of mine so the case was pro bono, called with replacement cost for the bike, medical bills, lost wages, etc, and a REASONABLE claim for damages. The insurance co was unbelievably rude, lazy, and just plain useless.
Their adjuster kept saying "you client just fell off his bike" when in fact I was HIT by a car (their insured motorist) and thrown to the ground while riding my bike.
In the end it honestly took a threat of a suit to finish the settlement. Their agent even basically said- go ahead we have lawyers on staff.
I was amazed (maybe I shouldn't have been) that a reasonable request on our part was passed around for so long. I wasn't asking for a million dollars either, just expenses, etc.
Insurance is the biggest scam there is IMHO.
PJ
2. As I stated in my initial post, CONSULT with a lawyer, especially if it's a friend.
3. Get a quote for replacement and be done with it.
As far as the insurance man who answered, that's the same mentality that almost made me sue when I was hit on my bike. My lawyer, a friend of mine so the case was pro bono, called with replacement cost for the bike, medical bills, lost wages, etc, and a REASONABLE claim for damages. The insurance co was unbelievably rude, lazy, and just plain useless.
Their adjuster kept saying "you client just fell off his bike" when in fact I was HIT by a car (their insured motorist) and thrown to the ground while riding my bike.
In the end it honestly took a threat of a suit to finish the settlement. Their agent even basically said- go ahead we have lawyers on staff.
I was amazed (maybe I shouldn't have been) that a reasonable request on our part was passed around for so long. I wasn't asking for a million dollars either, just expenses, etc.
Insurance is the biggest scam there is IMHO.
PJ
01-23-04, 10:03 PM
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Never, ever ever, leave anything in sight inside a vehicle. It takes less than a second to crack and break a car window. The crooks know how to do it easily.
01-30-04, 04:17 AM
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Originally Posted by chewa
How can you get this sort of cr*p into a thread about a stolen bike! You just reinforce the stereotype of Americans being parochial and xenophobic.
By the way, what Lance's French cycling team?
By the way, what Lance's French cycling team?
Xenophobic? not at all. America is one huge melting pot with all nationalities in it. I was wondering too how some people get that sort of cr*p about Trek bicycles, Lance Armstrong and Americans. I was commenting about a post calling cyclists who ride Treks a "Lance wannabe". The guy who posted it was from Toronto (go figure).
Lance was on a french racing team called the Cofidis. When Lance was ill with cancer, Team Cofidis dropped out on him and "renegotiated" his contract after telling everyone publicly that they would back him up during his illness. They basically wrote him off.
