wisecrack Posted June 15, 2008 Share New compact frame after my crash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT oke Posted June 15, 2008 Share damn that looks bad! but the wheels stil look good are they for sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singletrackmind Posted June 15, 2008 Share Never ride carbon! How much you want for the groupset? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanieFiets Posted June 15, 2008 Share crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIRR Posted June 15, 2008 Share Never ride carbon! How much you want for the groupset? Carbon bikes rock! Do you think an Alu frame would still be rideable in the same conditions! At least you can see now what the inside of your frame looks like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisecrack Posted June 15, 2008 Share This poses an interesting question. I wonder if I would have been worse off if I was on a steel or alloy bike? Seems like the carbon disintegrated with the impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliksempie Posted June 15, 2008 Share Never ride carbon! How much you want for the groupset? Carbon bikes rock! Do you think an Alu frame would still be rideable in the same conditions! At least you can see now what the inside of your frame looks like! I dont want to BURST ure bubble as they say! but an BMC SLC01 is a 100 times stronger than some aluminum frames! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliksempie Posted June 15, 2008 Share Nuting personal but isnt merida likely to crack! I havent heard of any merida mountain bike not breaking!! or to crack 4 that matter!! why would that be? Why Merida?? and not Specialized or BMC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canaris Posted June 15, 2008 Share steel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joss Posted June 15, 2008 Share That is not compact, that is stuffed dude!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javadude Posted June 15, 2008 Share Ewep bent his titanium frame in a battle with a car, so i don't think any bike will survive a severe vehicle collision. As for the BMC SLC01 comment, while it may be stiffer, it certainly isn't stronger, i'm willing to bet money on that. Just bring me the one of either frame and i'll prove it to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbaymike Posted June 15, 2008 Share damn wisecrack....that frame really is totalled. If that is what the bike looks like I don't want to know what it must have felt like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisecrack Posted June 15, 2008 Share Nuting personal but isnt merida likely to crack! I havent heard of any merida mountain bike not breaking!! or to crack 4 that matter!! why would that be? Why Merida?? and not Specialized or BMC Sorry to break it to you ,but hitting a car side on at almost 50km/h will break any carbon frame no matter which manufacture's super duper carbon is used. I rode this bike for a couple of months and it's one of the stiffest frames I ever rode. Don't know where you came up with that statistic of all Merida frames cracking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFishy Posted June 15, 2008 Share Hopefully you have insurance! No frame will be the same after a crash like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted June 15, 2008 Share Hey JP That frame looks to small for you.At least you can joke about this......and those Easton Ec90 bars were ridden...what... about 4 times.That really looks bad.How you feelin now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisecrack Posted June 15, 2008 Share No I'm feeling much better. Ribs are still killing me ,but hey as long as I can still breath I'm happy. Still undecided on my next bike though. +-30k to spend if the insurance get their act together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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