Uf Ive been dealing with a full blown case of walking disease since another cyclist crashed into me and ruined by 30y.o rims (yea, they were toast anyway) and then another jackass stole my mountain bike, so you have my sympathies. Still a shame to see such a nice bike ruined by a jackass driver. Im just trying to push that button and get a new wheelset for my 'cane along with the extras to make it into a fun little trackbike.

Right now I cant decide between the cpx22/mavric's from wheelwarehouse or whatever and the kilo tt wheelset from bike island. If the mavrics come with tubes/tires I may just be sold.

You better throw some new decals (something very expensive) on that bike and take some photos for the insurance company...along with suggested retail price. : )

lol @ insurance fraud

The Sputnik is expensive enough.

Yeah, MSRP on the 07 frameset is $525. Which isn't CRAZY expensive, but it's not like it's a pake or something. (no offense to pake owners)

@bigbris: I went to the hospital last night, got a bunch of x-rays and tests done. Everything checked out fine, luckily.

they sell framesets by themselves? nice! the fact that its lighter than other steel bikes makes it appealing to me.

The Pakes wouldn't break like that :)

why cause they're thick as gas pipe or because you cant get up to speed to do that kind of damage?

^both reasons I suppose! But hey, you'd still have a bike right?

whoa, ****ty about your bike, dude. good to hear you're ok. i'm guessing this was around downtown somewhere (givien the limited bike lanes here)? Do you have anything to ride in the meantime?

I see a nut.

Thank you so much for pointing that out.

:twitchy:

No problem.

If hangin' brain is a crime, lock me up.

Thanks man. Yeah, it was just north of the square on booneville. Nothing to ride for now, gotta wait for the insurance check.

and a derailleur, *******

http://sfgfc.wordpress.com/2008/09/3...-this-to-this/

pretty amazing!

If you see the detail photos it's an impressive transition but not a really quality one. It looked kinda shifty. that rear triangle is going to flex. and that fork is a no thanks for me.

good lord i hope nobody rides that thing

hahaha, did anyone else notice the fork? "eh, i didn't reinforce the old fork at all, i just cut off the right side. the left will probably still hold up just fine..."

I imagine if the guys at Cannondale ever saw that there'd be some facepalm action going on.

So great, I love that Bianchi chose to use lugged crown forks for the Pista.