It fell off the back of a truck...

[blah]

Some of you will be aware I'm off to Qatar to live - on Tuesday we
packed our stuff and it, along with my bike, was taken by a freight
company to go on a ship.
Today I was awoken from an afternoon nap (hey, I'm not working and
whatnot) by my wife telling me that the bike had fallen from a truck
and was run over by a car...
I assume this was on the way to the port. I have no idea what the
hewll they were doing with it to allow it to fall from a truck. The
bike's a write-off and was stated for insurance as worth four grand -
it's an Avanti Corsa carbonio from a few years back. Full Ultegra with
some tasty carbon bits, most notably my FSA carbon cranks worth god
knows how much, but I got them from probikekit for 7-8 hundred.
Freight company says insurance will be good as long as I get a quote
so I got that from Letour Cycles in Ringwood this arvo. They gave me a
quote for their Corsa Carbonio 3.0 which is, in their range, the
closest to what I got then. It goes for 4200 so I'm pretty confident
of getting a 4 grand payout in the next couple of weeks. Just hoping
the insurance company just cough up the cash and don't **** me about
as we're off to Europe in two weeks and I'd love to be shopping for a
bike while there rather than exchanging nasty emails from cafes and
airports.
Still numb... Pinot is helping...

 

[Donga]

On Apr 13, 7:40 pm, "blah" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Some of you will be aware I'm off to Qatar to live - on Tuesday we
> packed our stuff and it, along with my bike, was taken by a freight
> company to go on a ship.
> Today I was awoken from an afternoon nap (hey, I'm not working and
> whatnot) by my wife telling me that the bike had fallen from a truck
> and was run over by a car...
> I assume this was on the way to the port. I have no idea what the
> hewll they were doing with it to allow it to fall from a truck. The
> bike's a write-off and was stated for insurance as worth four grand -
> it's an Avanti Corsa carbonio from a few years back. Full Ultegra with
> some tasty carbon bits, most notably my FSA carbon cranks worth god
> knows how much, but I got them from probikekit for 7-8 hundred.
> Freight company says insurance will be good as long as I get a quote
> so I got that from Letour Cycles in Ringwood this arvo. They gave me a
> quote for their Corsa Carbonio 3.0 which is, in their range, the
> closest to what I got then. It goes for 4200 so I'm pretty confident
> of getting a 4 grand payout in the next couple of weeks. Just hoping
> the insurance company just cough up the cash and don't **** me about
> as we're off to Europe in two weeks and I'd love to be shopping for a
> bike while there rather than exchanging nasty emails from cafes and
> airports.
> Still numb... Pinot is helping...

What fabulous luck!

 

[blah]

On Apr 13, 7:47 pm, "Donga" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Apr 13, 7:40 pm, "blah" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Some of you will be aware I'm off to Qatar to live - on Tuesday we
> > packed our stuff and it, along with my bike, was taken by a freight
> > company to go on a ship.
> > Today I was awoken from an afternoon nap (hey, I'm not working and
> > whatnot) by my wife telling me that the bike had fallen from a truck
> > and was run over by a car...
> > I assume this was on the way to the port. I have no idea what the
> > hewll they were doing with it to allow it to fall from a truck. The
> > bike's a write-off and was stated for insurance as worth four grand -
> > it's an Avanti Corsa carbonio from a few years back. Full Ultegra with
> > some tasty carbon bits, most notably my FSA carbon cranks worth god
> > knows how much, but I got them from probikekit for 7-8 hundred.
> > Freight company says insurance will be good as long as I get a quote
> > so I got that from Letour Cycles in Ringwood this arvo. They gave me a
> > quote for their Corsa Carbonio 3.0 which is, in their range, the
> > closest to what I got then. It goes for 4200 so I'm pretty confident
> > of getting a 4 grand payout in the next couple of weeks. Just hoping
> > the insurance company just cough up the cash and don't **** me about
> > as we're off to Europe in two weeks and I'd love to be shopping for a
> > bike while there rather than exchanging nasty emails from cafes and
> > airports.
> > Still numb... Pinot is helping...
>
> What fabulous luck! - Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yep - when I have a cheque it will be. Until then...

 

[roshea]

I guess it's good and bad news - you were in the market for a new bike anyway weren't you? Hope the insurance comes through for you!

 

[blah]

On Apr 13, 10:41 pm, roshea <roshea.2oz...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com> wrote:
> I guess it's good and bad news - you were in the market for a new bike
> anyway weren't you? Hope the insurance comes through for you!
>
> --
> roshea

Yeh, I was. And am. It's going to be great fun knowing I _have_ to get
something and that the missus had already authorised the use of
substantial funds before this. She's pretty keen on the BMC carbon
jobbie with the alu lugs, but I'm taking on board your advice on the
warranty with those.

 

[flyingdutch]

Yeh, I was. And am. It's going to be great fun knowing I _have_ to get
something and that the missus had already authorised the use of
substantial funds before this. She's pretty keen on the BMC carbon
jobbie with the alu lugs, but I'm taking on board your advice on the
warranty with those.

Bummer, kind of with the frame. Your bike was always cursed
perhaps it was your components cursing your frame/s.

PS enquire if you can 'buy the wreck'.
I bought back my scratched Chorus CF ergos, and proton wheels for $50!!!

ask Lama about his SCOTT, perhaps?

BTW Lama ,which Scott did they put under you?
Addict or prior model?

 

[flyingdutch]

Still numb... Pinot is helping...

Just spotted your problem. Pinot!!!

perhaps the pinot-centric movie Sideways is a summary of your bike-stable???

 

[Bugbear]

Just hoping for your sake that the exchange rate will be favourable.
Happy shopping!!!

 

[blah]

On Apr 14, 1:13 pm, flyingdutch <flyingdutch.2p0...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com> wrote:
> blah Wrote:
>
>
>
> > Still numb... Pinot is helping...
>
> Just spotted your problem. Pinot!!!
>
> perhaps the pinot-centric movie 'Sideways'
> (http://www.foxsearchlight.com/sideways/) is a summary of your
> bike-stable???
>
> --
> flyingdutch

Yeh, 'cept in the film they faked their accident(s). The bit with the
naked guy chasing them up the street is familiar, though...

 

[blah]

On Apr 14, 1:54 pm, "Bugbear" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just hoping for your sake that the exchange rate will be favourable.
> Happy shopping!!!

The AUD is going nuts at the moment, which is awesome as we're
travelling and spending. We're hoping for a great big bubble while
travelling then a huge burst in August when we settle down to be paid
in USD. My brother was in the states being paid in USD back when the
aussie dollar went down below .50USD. Effectively gave him a huge
payrise as he was sending cash back here.

 

[gplama]

BTW Lama ,which Scott did they put under you?
Addict or prior model?

CR1 Pro - not top of the range, but nor is the rider.

 

[blah]

On Apr 13, 7:40 pm, "blah" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Some of you will be aware I'm off to Qatar to live - on Tuesday we
> packed our stuff and it, along with my bike, was taken by a freight
> company to go on a ship.
> Today I was awoken from an afternoon nap (hey, I'm not working and
> whatnot) by my wife telling me that the bike had fallen from a truck
> and was run over by a car...
> I assume this was on the way to the port. I have no idea what the
> hewll they were doing with it to allow it to fall from a truck. The
> bike's a write-off and was stated for insurance as worth four grand -
> it's an Avanti Corsa carbonio from a few years back. Full Ultegra with
> some tasty carbon bits, most notably my FSA carbon cranks worth god
> knows how much, but I got them from probikekit for 7-8 hundred.
> Freight company says insurance will be good as long as I get a quote
> so I got that from Letour Cycles in Ringwood this arvo. They gave me a
> quote for their Corsa Carbonio 3.0 which is, in their range, the
> closest to what I got then. It goes for 4200 so I'm pretty confident
> of getting a 4 grand payout in the next couple of weeks. Just hoping
> the insurance company just cough up the cash and don't **** me about
> as we're off to Europe in two weeks and I'd love to be shopping for a
> bike while there rather than exchanging nasty emails from cafes and
> airports.
> Still numb... Pinot is helping...

Update:
Got a cheque for 4 grands yesterday. Turns out they destroyed it on
Tuesday and the boys there tried to cover it up. Management found out
Friday and couldn't give me a payout fast enough to make the issue go
away (the form we signed means we can't be crankier later). I'm very
happy to get a payout on a bike I wanted to replace and really
couldn't sell anyway. I really can't see I'd get anything else despite
their dodginess. Smiles all round.
Will wait a bit and buy something special a bit later. Was looking at
Cervelos yesterday. R3 looked very nice under Stuey at Paris-Roubaix
(and Fabian last year). I'm pretty confident that it will stand up to
my weight despite it being stupidly light and they have a lifetime
frame warranty anyhoo.

 

[roshea]

Update:
Got a cheque for 4 grands yesterday. Turns out they destroyed it on
Tuesday and the boys there tried to cover it up. Management found out
Friday and couldn't give me a payout fast enough to make the issue go
away (the form we signed means we can't be crankier later). I'm very
happy to get a payout on a bike I wanted to replace and really
couldn't sell anyway. I really can't see I'd get anything else despite
their dodginess. Smiles all round.
Will wait a bit and buy something special a bit later. Was looking at
Cervelos yesterday. R3 looked very nice under Stuey at Paris-Roubaix
(and Fabian last year). I'm pretty confident that it will stand up to
my weight despite it being stupidly light and they have a lifetime
frame warranty anyhoo.

Great news! Now for the really fun bit - new bike shopping.

 

[Donga]

On Apr 18, 12:39 pm, blah <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Apr 13, 7:40 pm, "blah" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Some of you will be aware I'm off to Qatar to live - on Tuesday we
> > packed our stuff and it, along with my bike, was taken by a freight
> > company to go on a ship.
> > Today I was awoken from an afternoon nap (hey, I'm not working and
> > whatnot) by my wife telling me that the bike had fallen from a truck
> > and was run over by a car...
> > I assume this was on the way to the port. I have no idea what the
> > hewll they were doing with it to allow it to fall from a truck. The
> > bike's a write-off and was stated for insurance as worth four grand -
> > it's an Avanti Corsa carbonio from a few years back. Full Ultegra with
> > some tasty carbon bits, most notably my FSA carbon cranks worth god
> > knows how much, but I got them from probikekit for 7-8 hundred.
> > Freight company says insurance will be good as long as I get a quote
> > so I got that from Letour Cycles in Ringwood this arvo. They gave me a
> > quote for their Corsa Carbonio 3.0 which is, in their range, the
> > closest to what I got then. It goes for 4200 so I'm pretty confident
> > of getting a 4 grand payout in the next couple of weeks. Just hoping
> > the insurance company just cough up the cash and don't **** me about
> > as we're off to Europe in two weeks and I'd love to be shopping for a
> > bike while there rather than exchanging nasty emails from cafes and
> > airports.
> > Still numb... Pinot is helping...
>
> Update:
> Got a cheque for 4 grands yesterday. Turns out they destroyed it on
> Tuesday and the boys there tried to cover it up. Management found out
> Friday and couldn't give me a payout fast enough to make the issue go
> away (the form we signed means we can't be crankier later). I'm very
> happy to get a payout on a bike I wanted to replace and really
> couldn't sell anyway. I really can't see I'd get anything else despite
> their dodginess. Smiles all round.
> Will wait a bit and buy something special a bit later. Was looking at
> Cervelos yesterday. R3 looked very nice under Stuey at Paris-Roubaix
> (and Fabian last year). I'm pretty confident that it will stand up to
> my weight despite it being stupidly light and they have a lifetime
> frame warranty anyhoo.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yep I looked at a P3 yesterday in the shop - much mileage being made
out of Stuie's win by the owner. The frame is over $5300 list, so
you'll need to pad out your cheque a long way. The shop man countered
my concern about durability with: Lifetime warranty, ridden in the
Paris Roubaix on cobbles by Cancellara who is 85kg.

Donga

 

[blah]

On Apr 18, 1:11 pm, roshea <roshea.2p7...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com> wrote:
> blah Wrote:
>
> > Update:
> > Got a cheque for 4 grands yesterday. Turns out they destroyed it on
> > Tuesday and the boys there tried to cover it up. Management found out
> > Friday and couldn't give me a payout fast enough to make the issue go
> > away (the form we signed means we can't be crankier later). I'm very
> > happy to get a payout on a bike I wanted to replace and really
> > couldn't sell anyway. I really can't see I'd get anything else despite
> > their dodginess. Smiles all round.
> > Will wait a bit and buy something special a bit later. Was looking at
> > Cervelos yesterday. R3 looked very nice under Stuey at Paris-Roubaix
> > (and Fabian last year). I'm pretty confident that it will stand up to
> > my weight despite it being stupidly light and they have a lifetime
> > frame warranty anyhoo.Great news! Now for the really fun bit - new bike shopping.
>
> --
> roshea

 

[roshea]

On Apr 18, 12:39 pm, blah <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Apr 13, 7:40 pm, "blah" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Some of you will be aware I'm off to Qatar to live - on Tuesday we
> > packed our stuff and it, along with my bike, was taken by a freight
> > company to go on a ship.
> > Today I was awoken from an afternoon nap (hey, I'm not working and
> > whatnot) by my wife telling me that the bike had fallen from a truck
> > and was run over by a car...
> > I assume this was on the way to the port. I have no idea what the
> > hewll they were doing with it to allow it to fall from a truck. The
> > bike's a write-off and was stated for insurance as worth four grand -
> > it's an Avanti Corsa carbonio from a few years back. Full Ultegra with
> > some tasty carbon bits, most notably my FSA carbon cranks worth god
> > knows how much, but I got them from probikekit for 7-8 hundred.
> > Freight company says insurance will be good as long as I get a quote
> > so I got that from Letour Cycles in Ringwood this arvo. They gave me a
> > quote for their Corsa Carbonio 3.0 which is, in their range, the
> > closest to what I got then. It goes for 4200 so I'm pretty confident
> > of getting a 4 grand payout in the next couple of weeks. Just hoping
> > the insurance company just cough up the cash and don't **** me about
> > as we're off to Europe in two weeks and I'd love to be shopping for a
> > bike while there rather than exchanging nasty emails from cafes and
> > airports.
> > Still numb... Pinot is helping...
>
> Update:
> Got a cheque for 4 grands yesterday. Turns out they destroyed it on
> Tuesday and the boys there tried to cover it up. Management found out
> Friday and couldn't give me a payout fast enough to make the issue go
> away (the form we signed means we can't be crankier later). I'm very
> happy to get a payout on a bike I wanted to replace and really
> couldn't sell anyway. I really can't see I'd get anything else despite
> their dodginess. Smiles all round.
> Will wait a bit and buy something special a bit later. Was looking at
> Cervelos yesterday. R3 looked very nice under Stuey at Paris-Roubaix
> (and Fabian last year). I'm pretty confident that it will stand up to
> my weight despite it being stupidly light and they have a lifetime
> frame warranty anyhoo.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yep I looked at a P3 yesterday in the shop - much mileage being made
out of Stuie's win by the owner. The frame is over $5300 list, so
you'll need to pad out your cheque a long way. The shop man countered
my concern about durability with: Lifetime warranty, ridden in the
Paris Roubaix on cobbles by Cancellara who is 85kg.

Donga

The R3 SL frame is listed at ~$5.5K.
R3 (NOT SL) with Ultegra ~ $6K.

I would buy it with Blah's money!

 

[blah]

On Apr 18, 3:44 pm, Donga <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Apr 18, 12:39 pm, blah <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Apr 13, 7:40 pm, "blah" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Some of you will be aware I'm off to Qatar to live - on Tuesday we
> > > packed our stuff and it, along with my bike, was taken by a freight
> > > company to go on a ship.
> > > Today I was awoken from an afternoon nap (hey, I'm not working and
> > > whatnot) by my wife telling me that the bike had fallen from a truck
> > > and was run over by a car...
> > > I assume this was on the way to the port. I have no idea what the
> > > hewll they were doing with it to allow it to fall from a truck. The
> > > bike's a write-off and was stated for insurance as worth four grand -
> > > it's an Avanti Corsa carbonio from a few years back. Full Ultegra with
> > > some tasty carbon bits, most notably my FSA carbon cranks worth god
> > > knows how much, but I got them from probikekit for 7-8 hundred.
> > > Freight company says insurance will be good as long as I get a quote
> > > so I got that from Letour Cycles in Ringwood this arvo. They gave me a
> > > quote for their Corsa Carbonio 3.0 which is, in their range, the
> > > closest to what I got then. It goes for 4200 so I'm pretty confident
> > > of getting a 4 grand payout in the next couple of weeks. Just hoping
> > > the insurance company just cough up the cash and don't **** me about
> > > as we're off to Europe in two weeks and I'd love to be shopping for a
> > > bike while there rather than exchanging nasty emails from cafes and
> > > airports.
> > > Still numb... Pinot is helping...
>
> > Update:
> > Got a cheque for 4 grands yesterday. Turns out they destroyed it on
> > Tuesday and the boys there tried to cover it up. Management found out
> > Friday and couldn't give me a payout fast enough to make the issue go
> > away (the form we signed means we can't be crankier later). I'm very
> > happy to get a payout on a bike I wanted to replace and really
> > couldn't sell anyway. I really can't see I'd get anything else despite
> > their dodginess. Smiles all round.
> > Will wait a bit and buy something special a bit later. Was looking at
> > Cervelos yesterday. R3 looked very nice under Stuey at Paris-Roubaix
> > (and Fabian last year). I'm pretty confident that it will stand up to
> > my weight despite it being stupidly light and they have a lifetime
> > frame warranty anyhoo.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Yep I looked at a P3 yesterday in the shop - much mileage being made
> out of Stuie's win by the owner. The frame is over $5300 list, so
> you'll need to pad out your cheque a long way. The shop man countered
> my concern about durability with: Lifetime warranty, ridden in the
> Paris Roubaix on cobbles by Cancellara who is 85kg.
>
> Donga- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yeh - the R3 goes for about $8k exactly with Dura Ace and Easton
wheels (11k with the insanely priced Zipp wheelset). I was looking
quite seriously at a 7 thousand dollar BMC (with my missus' blessing)
before the cheque came onto the scene, so this is actually a saving...
if you look at it from a very acute angle, squinting quite hard. I'm
about 85kg myself and thought the soloist would be the way to go as it
looks quite beefy and the R3's seat stays look about as thin as they
can come. The warranty and the last two P-Roubaix have made the R3
look the goods.
Whatever, I'm not going to need a bike for a few months anyway. If I
see somthing nice while away I'll get it but I'm prepared to wait
until I get to Qatar to really get to it.

 

[cfsmtb]

Whatever, I'm not going to need a bike for a few months anyway. If I
see somthing nice while away I'll get it but I'm prepared to wait
until I get to Qatar to really get to it.

Qatar awaits your arrival ... 34C at 9.15am. Oooo that's a tad toasty.
http://www.qatarcf.org/english/

 

[TimC]

On 2007-04-18, Donga (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> Yep I looked at a P3 yesterday in the shop - much mileage being made
> out of Stuie's win by the owner. The frame is over $5300 list, so
> you'll need to pad out your cheque a long way. The shop man countered
> my concern about durability with: Lifetime warranty, ridden in the
> Paris Roubaix on cobbles by Cancellara who is 85kg...
.... for a day.

--
TimC
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