Oh no I ran over my son's bike...

Someone wasn't looking in both mirrors, or didn't check behind the car before getting in:whistling:

could have been a whole lot worse!!

Baz.

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Originally Posted by 29dinosaur

What sort of policy would cover that do you think?

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Also look at your household insurance, maybe would cover it if stolen from the house, so you never know.


Martyn

Bad news that, the bike is Cactus, carbon bike frames cannot really be repaired, a guy i ride with came off his around Manly Dam and put a deep scratch into the carbon down tube on his MTB , bike shop wrote it off, too costly and dangerous to repair..

Ray,

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Murhys law, poor kid learnt a lesson through school of hard knox.

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only if you dont replace it,,,;)

and what kid doesnt have a bike?:p

I did a similar thing a few years back, but the squashee was a pet rabbit. I thought it was the fan belt squealing. :(

Stephen

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Originally Posted by Redback

Someone wasn't looking in both mirrors, or didn't check behind the car before getting in:whistling:

could have been a whole lot worse!!

Baz.

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All because I'd called him in for tea, on way past the disco he picked up a box for me, he got distracted - put his bike down behind the disco (in a place not visble from mirrors), came in with the box and we did some testing out my new heart rate monitor for my MTB'ing, ate our tea and yours truly said he'd run down to get some icecream for dessert.. ouch $3000 later..... (I'll have to talk with disco steve about breaking bikes he's done a few). (I'm chasing up my bartercard supplier).

Hasn't been my week - done twice from same speed camera in Wollongong, now this....

(On a job once - blithyly backed into a clients car parked in a paddock... oops. But then again I heard of a vet who backed over an anaesthetised horse after castrating it.....)

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Originally Posted by langy

A long time ago in a place far away - I had a drinking buddy who was an engineer who dabbled in carbon fiber. Like fiberglass, you can wrap more CF around the fractures ( It won't look pretty but for a bike it should work) but the problem will be finding an industrial oven to cook it in.

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the bike will never be the same, but you can repair carbon fibre. Here on the gold coast, are people who will repare a broken carbon fibre paddle, so I am sure it could be done.

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I did a similar thing a few years back, but the squashee was a pet rabbit. I thought it was the fan belt squealing. :(

Stephen

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Hmmmmm...maybe I should leave the gate open so our rabbit gets out !:twisted:

Bikes and scooters, kids always leave them around!

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I did a similar thing a few years back, but the squashee was a pet rabbit. I thought it was the fan belt squealing. :(

Stephen

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Do the lambs still scream at night, Clarice?

:D:D

Rang my household insurer (vero) and they said that my current policy wouldn't cover accidental damage of bikes (only stolen, fire etc), but to cover them (we have 2 roadies and 2 MTB - total value c$12000) we would need to add accidental damage cover to bikes.... you never think it's going to happen. If the bikes were on the car and someone ran into them, then the motor vehicle policy would only cover up to $500. I think the quote for c $12K was about 15$ per month on top of ordinary house and contents.

Thought others may not have thought about this aspect of bike ownership - so hope it helps.