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Well, Bingham Bikes says they don't think it's safe to ride as is, but I am curious if that is just a liability thing. If they said it's ok and it caused a crash kind of thing.
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Pretty much everyone said it was ok to ride. Probably was. I sold it to some fellow who wasn’t as risk-adverse as I was (with full disclosure). I just don’t want that in the back of my head as I’m flying down a canyon at 50mph. I just don’t want any more risk when riding than the inherent risk already present. |
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I have a Surly mountain bike frame I purchased new that has accumulated similar dents as OP. Ironically, their frames are made from lead pipe but I seemingly can't figure out how they dent so easily (never crashed, toppled over, any sort of impact, etc). There's a few dents on the side of the downtube like that but I've ridden for 1000s of miles without any issues. |
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My son rode this IF daily to school and on a weeklong tour before he fully outgrew it.
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If the packing was substandard, I’d expect the shop that was paid to pack the bike to pony up and pay the cost of having the frame repaired and repainted, or replaced. That may be something that the seller would have to take up with the shop. I’d talk to the seller, have him talk to the shop, and try to handle things amiably. If the seller doesn’t want to make the effort, I’d send the bike back and let the seller deal with it. Hopefully you paid in a way that allows you recourse. If the fault was with Bikeflights, that’s something else. I’d be shocked if Bikeflights doesn’t tell you that the packing was the issue and it is faultless.
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Turns out bikeflights requires the entire bike if they total it out, so whether or not the dent is too severe is somewhat of a moot point. If they approve the claim off it goes.
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My Bianchi got a top tube dent from a bike rack when it was less than a year old. Took off the top layer of paint, and now there's a spot of base layer/primer showing through, but no bare metal. Been riding her for 19 years now, about 1,700 miles in the past year. I also don't expect any resale value for the frame... but more because she's 19 years old :-)
If it was insured by BikeFlights or whatever, I'd probably get it taken care of by them - unless you were just planning on pulling the parts anyway. |
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