Hi Everyone, it's been a LOOOONG time since I posted on this forum. I've been pretty busy and tried to make the most out of my free time. Anyway, now is a good time to share the sad news that the bike described in this post is now DEAD, completely. A car crashed into me as I was descending a mountain road last month at 56km/h (according to my GPS, at the moment of the crash). Good news is that I'm alive
, still in a bad shape after a month but I'm recovering (broken hand, nose, teeth...). No bike for me before at least 2-3 month and I'll start on home trainer.
Anyway, this was a fantastic bike, which took me a lot of work but after checking it in details with the insurance expert it can't be repaired. Multiple cracks in the frame, front rim cracked (I had laced these carbon rims myself
), saddle destroyed (a 70g full carbon saddle from Smud Carbon
), huge shock on the handlebar and fork (no crack but I'm not taking any chance with such vital parts), scratched seat post. There is not much left, and standards have changed (my brakes were standard, not flat mount).
Insurance didn't want to deal with the 30+ invoices that made this bike, so they asked me to produce a single invoice, from the person who put the bike together. So, "I" put an invoice together for... 5000€. That's the bare minimum value of a 7.1kg, full carbon, disk road bike with carbon wheels.
Now, let's see what the insurance say. If they give me enough money I'll probably just buy a bike on the shelf (not top range, something like Ultegra group set range, 8kg, disk brake - probably 2500€) and use the rest of the money to build a nice pair of carbon wheels, and buy another Smud Carbon saddle (expensive, 149€, but so much worth it
). If there is money left I'll upgrade my home trainer to a Smart Trainer.