Bianchi anybody?

[Dan Gregory]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=photos/2006/dec06/worldcup8_06/guerc065
Oh dear...

 

[Marz]

Dan Gregory wrote:
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=photos/2006/dec06/worldcup8_06/guerc065
> Oh dear...


Ouch, that had to of hurt.

I remember buying a frame like that one time. Some local semi-pro had
bust his new bike in a race, similiar to the picture in the link and
the team sold it off as junk. $200 quid for a broken frame, but a full
xtr kit wasn't a bad deal at the time.

Laters,

Marz

 

[Rob Morley]

In article <[email protected]>
Marz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dan Gregory wrote:
> > http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=photos/2006/dec06/worldcup8_06/guerc065
> > Oh dear...
>
>
> Ouch, that had to of hurt.
>
It probably didn't fail suddenly - I'm guessing that the weld separated,
he tried to hobble back to change the bike but then the top tube broke.
Hard to tell without a closer look at the fractures though.

 

[David Nutter]

On 2006-12-11, Dan Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=photos/2006/dec06/worldcup8_06/guerc065
> Oh dear...

Ow. He doesn't look to be a happy man.

I believe one of Helen Wafflycat's Bianchi stable suffered a similar fate
(http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.cycling/browse_thread/thread/90386b749eadcc27/cd6fe26baa4d4e20)
though presumably not as dramatic.

Regards,

-david

 

[wafflycat]

"David Nutter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2006-12-11, Dan Gregory <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=photos/2006/dec06/worldcup8_06/guerc065
>> Oh dear...
>
> Ow. He doesn't look to be a happy man.
>
> I believe one of Helen Wafflycat's Bianchi stable suffered a similar fate
> (http://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.cycling/browse_thread/thread/90386b749eadcc27/cd6fe26baa4d4e20)
> though presumably not as dramatic.
>
> Regards,
>
> -david

Mine developed a crack in the head tube. Not as dramatic - noticed well
before it got to catastrophic failure point

 

[Peter]

"Rob Morley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>
> Marz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Dan Gregory wrote:
>> > http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=photos/2006/dec06/worldcup8_06/guerc065
>> > Oh dear...
>>
>>
>> Ouch, that had to of hurt.
>>
> It probably didn't fail suddenly - I'm guessing that the weld separated,
> he tried to hobble back to change the bike but then the top tube broke.
> Hard to tell without a closer look at the fractures though.

Just needs some S&S couplings attaching and it'll be right as rain!
Peter