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  1. 9th March 2009, 10:25 PM #1
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    Oh no I ran over my son's bike...

    Backing out my Disco this evening I felt a slight rear wheel elevation. Knowing that my son had been out earlier on his bike I instinctively had that sinking feeling and immediately stopped and move forward ... of course damage had been done. Carbon fibre road bike (Felt F5) about 4 weeks old .. broken rear derailleur and fractured rear stay and seat post part of frame just below seat post, as well as rather distorted wheel ....
    (My guess is that that once fractured, these carbon fibre bikes are up the creek without a paddle....)
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    Can you claim insurance.
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    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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    Oh that sound expensive.

    I was thinking Kmart tricycle.

    But really, carbon fibre bike left in the driveway?

    What was he thinking?
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    Quote Originally Posted by langy View Post
    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.
    There are different resins that can be used that don't require heating. The resin we were using with it definately didn't require baking - we were definately using West System for fibreglass, and I think we were using the same for Carbon fibre aswell.
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    Quote Originally Posted by abaddonxi View Post
    Oh that sound expensive.
    But really, carbon fibre bike left in the driveway?

    What was he thinking?
    Yep -all becuase he was keen to try out a new polaris computer and was called in for tea... Murhys law, poor kid learnt a lesson through school of hard knox.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    Can you claim insurance.
    What sort of policy would cover that do you think?
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    Quote Originally Posted by 29dinosaur View Post
    What sort of policy would cover that do you think?
    Just regular comprehensive I would have expected. The value of claiming may not be there unless the bike is really expensive though.
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  9. 9th March 2009, 11:19 PM #9
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    I was going to say upon reading that at least your son was not sitting on the bike... but seems a bit unaplikable now
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  10. 10th March 2009, 05:38 AM #10
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    Your son may have live with the consequences of leaving it there for while then?
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