Recommendations on Frame damage

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trailtreker

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My aluminum frame (caad 4) has just experienced extensive damage (in my opinion). My right chainstay/seatstay has been bent outward about 2-3 inches. Is there anything I can do, or should I start my search for a new frame?
 
haha. guess next time i need to choose my words better.

at any rate, it was dusk and i was riding without a light (never again; if it is even 8 hours before dusk i'm bring a light). stopped short to avoid decapitating myself and to say my buddy behind me touched the brake lever would be saying to much.
 
trailtreker said:
My aluminum frame (caad 4) has just experienced extensive damage (in my opinion). My right chainstay/seatstay has been bent outward about 2-3 inches. Is there anything I can do, or should I start my search for a new frame?
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Frame is toast. See a C'Dale dealer about the exchange program.
 
Is it really possible to bend a frame 2-3 inches by colliding with another bike? Hmmm. Are you sure you didn't back up into a telephone pole while mounted to your trunk mount rack?
 
Try a 165mm hub.......nah, frame ceases to exist, it has bleeden demised...it is an ex-bicycle.
 
mtbdawgJeff said:
Is it really possible to bend a frame 2-3 inches by colliding with another bike? Hmmm. Are you sure you didn't back up into a telephone pole while mounted to your trunk mount rack?
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who knows at what angle he hit me, but it bent my right chain/seat stay 2-3 inches to the right.
 
The Crummy part about this whole situation is that this is the guy I used to ride with.....used to! I need to have a talk with the guy who slammed into him.


Give up the darn Cannondale yuppie F600 and get a Santa Cruz or a Turner
 
Ah...the plot thickens. Yes that does truly suck. Hopefully this will have a happy "frame warranty" ending. Didn't mean to make light of the situation.
 
called my lbs and working to have the frame replaced under warranty.

will post some pics for the greater audience. and specifically mtbdawgJeff; no way a telephone pole could cause a chain/seatstay to bend away from the wheel.
 
Whitex2000 said:
The Crummy part about this whole situation is that this is the guy I used to ride with.....used to! I need to have a talk with the guy who slammed into him.


Give up the darn Cannondale yuppie F600 and get a Santa Cruz or a Turner
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once a cannondale, always a cannondale.
 
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