I was just riding along and...
05-19-09, 04:25 AM
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I was just riding along in traffic... when a car rear-ended me. Driver claimed (before she drove off at speed) that she was 'in a hurry!'
Rear wheel totaled, ankle & elbow smashed when she pushed me into a parked car. Filled out a police report, but without a plate number, there wasn't much they could do.
Rear wheel totaled, ankle & elbow smashed when she pushed me into a parked car. Filled out a police report, but without a plate number, there wasn't much they could do.
05-19-09, 04:30 AM
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Nice former weld.
Now, this is a great example...one must have a story to qualify as a JRA.
See JRA is usually done to get free stuff, as in a new warranty frame, "you guys adjusted and right after that, this happened...you installed a new front derailleur and must have had the bottom bracket jammed into the repair stand and obviously broke this..."
So, in your case (if you are the original owner) you'd have a story about how the weld just gave out in hopes of getting a new frame.
Gotta have a story...
Now, this is a great example...one must have a story to qualify as a JRA.
See JRA is usually done to get free stuff, as in a new warranty frame, "you guys adjusted and right after that, this happened...you installed a new front derailleur and must have had the bottom bracket jammed into the repair stand and obviously broke this..."
So, in your case (if you are the original owner) you'd have a story about how the weld just gave out in hopes of getting a new frame.
Gotta have a story...
05-19-09, 04:32 AM
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I was just riding along in traffic... when a car rear-ended me. Driver claimed (before she drove off at speed) that she was 'in a hurry!'
Rear wheel totaled, ankle & elbow smashed when she pushed me into a parked car. Filled out a police report, but without a plate number, there wasn't much they could do.
Rear wheel totaled, ankle & elbow smashed when she pushed me into a parked car. Filled out a police report, but without a plate number, there wasn't much they could do.
05-19-09, 06:16 AM
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The next thing I knew the Ambos were telling me I'd been hit by a car, after some nice morphine the next thing I knew I was on the way to hospital. Spent hours in emergency, x rays, scans and surgery, 1 year before I felt like I was a human again........2 yrs before I worked again....
and I was just riding along and.....
and I was just riding along and.....
05-19-09, 07:49 AM
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Nice former weld.
Now, this is a great example...one must have a story to qualify as a JRA.
See JRA is usually done to get free stuff, as in a new warranty frame, "you guys adjusted and right after that, this happened...you installed a new front derailleur and must have had the bottom bracket jammed into the repair stand and obviously broke this..."
So, in your case (if you are the original owner) you'd have a story about how the weld just gave out in hopes of getting a new frame.
Gotta have a story...
Now, this is a great example...one must have a story to qualify as a JRA.
See JRA is usually done to get free stuff, as in a new warranty frame, "you guys adjusted and right after that, this happened...you installed a new front derailleur and must have had the bottom bracket jammed into the repair stand and obviously broke this..."
So, in your case (if you are the original owner) you'd have a story about how the weld just gave out in hopes of getting a new frame.
Gotta have a story...
Here is one from Mr Beanz.
05-19-09, 08:03 AM
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My first bike's frame snapped at the juncture of the head tube, top tube and down tube. I fell down. I feel MSPaint would illustrate this best. I was five years old.
05-19-09, 08:19 AM
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Yes, I was the original owner but the thing was 10 years old when it broke. I was just riding up a short climb when I heard a funny noise like the chain was skipping and I got off the bike and lifted it by the saddle and it pulled apart. I sure liked that bike.
Here is one from Mr Beanz.
Here is one from Mr Beanz.
What was the warranty on the frame and what happened?
05-19-09, 08:32 AM
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05-19-09, 08:55 AM
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05-19-09, 08:57 AM
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....and my pedal broke off my huffy bike while pedaling. :\ I got cut on the side of my calve; scraped a strip of skin off. :\ I still have the scar. It wasn't fun. I'm sure you guys have had worse accidents though. After this broken pedal thing I upgraded my bike to a not-sucky one. 
Aah and this other time I was riding on this really crappy road. To make long story short, road was broken up and stuff, a part of the road was lifted higher than another, like broken, my front wheel hit that ledge from the lower side of the broken part of road to the higher (hard to explain; or I'm horrible at explaining stuff, I'll draw it haha ) :\ My front wheel suddenly stopped when I hit it and I flipped over onto the sidewalk with my bike. I was still holding onto my bike while I was on the ground. XD Of course 'cause of the straps and everything. Nothing broken though luckily.
Probably the worst I've been in.
Aah and this other time I was riding on this really crappy road. To make long story short, road was broken up and stuff, a part of the road was lifted higher than another, like broken, my front wheel hit that ledge from the lower side of the broken part of road to the higher (hard to explain; or I'm horrible at explaining stuff, I'll draw it haha ) :\ My front wheel suddenly stopped when I hit it and I flipped over onto the sidewalk with my bike. I was still holding onto my bike while I was on the ground. XD Of course 'cause of the straps and everything. Nothing broken though luckily.
Probably the worst I've been in.
05-19-09, 08:59 AM
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05-19-09, 09:00 AM
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...a car decides to make a sudden U-Turn, side-swiping me and leaving me with a fractured rib, concussion, and 3 stitches. oh..and a bike that was split in half.
05-19-09, 09:02 AM
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Just realized that your amazing artwork is very similar to what happened to me.
Got a new bike out of the ordeal (recently upgraded to a Pro Machine; accident happened just last month). Thought for a moment about a lawsuit but honestly, just wanted to put the whole ordeal behind me and move on, so decided not to do anything.
Got a new bike out of the ordeal (recently upgraded to a Pro Machine; accident happened just last month). Thought for a moment about a lawsuit but honestly, just wanted to put the whole ordeal behind me and move on, so decided not to do anything.
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05-19-09, 12:08 PM
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05-19-09, 12:16 PM
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I thought it was a bandana. I figured you were just riding along pretending to be Marco Pantani.
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05-19-09, 12:42 PM
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I broke a Trek 660 in 1989 and they gave me store credit because they didn't make them anymore. I got a Landshark.
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how
old
are
those
cranks?
how
heavy
are
you
anyways
Mr. PCAD?
old
are
those
cranks?
how
heavy
are
you
anyways
Mr. PCAD?