Disaster 😢

[cycleman]

A dead q frame
She who must not be obeyed hit a kerb off a ramped section of cycleway at about 10 mph and has bent the cross tube 😢. I put a picture up tomorrow .she gave her hand a bang in the incident and now has a nasty bruise .

[Canardly]

Oh dear, hope SWMBO is ok.

[Kim]

I'd no idea that writing them off in low speed crashes was a family trait   

GWS to SWMBO, and hope you're able to source a replacement.


ETA: Frame, I mean, not SWMBO.

[tonycollinet]

You both missed an N out of your SWMBO 


Commiserations cycleman and SWMNBO. Nearly did the same to my Sprint by clipping a bollard.

[Mr Larrington]

Thanks to the dubious power of Wonderlights I once hit a sturdy silver birch tree with the n/s front wheel of a Windcheetah.  Perhaps surprisingly, it did not break or even bend!

[Wothill]

Not surprising really; silver birches are quite tough.

[Canardly]

You both missed an N out of your SWMBO 


Commiserations cycleman and SWMNBO. Nearly did the same to my Sprint by clipping a bollard.

Oh no we didn't! 

[Jayjay]

Ouchie  No cracks in SWMBNO's frame I hope.

[Tigerbiten]

So far I've been able to kill two frames.
One one my old Q when I was bending the arms up after hitting a pothole at speed.
And I bent the main tube on my Sprint sideways a little after crashing against a wall while on tour.
Both time I was able to pick up a new frame from ICE at a reduced price as I was willing to accept a slight blemish in the paint work.

Luck .......... 

[Bledlow]

Thanks to the dubious power of Wonderlights I once hit a sturdy silver birch tree with the n/s front wheel of a Windcheetah.  Perhaps surprisingly, it did not break or even bend!

Oooh! I once had a pair of Wonderlights!

Pretty normal crappiness for the time, I think.

[cycleman]

The everyone ☺ .she who must not be obeyed still has a slightly sore hand but it is getting better ☺ . I hope to have the camera charged and get a picture on here tomorrow .

[Torslanda]

Is that two frames I have to get repaired then?

[cycleman]

The frame on the q trice is bent so is probably beyond repair 😢. If there is hope however.............

[Torslanda]

Picture, please.

It's only bent steel tube, unless it is crushed it should be repairable.