On April 05 2024 20:25 Salazarz wrote:
Welp, I'm officially mad. Decided to get a bit more serious than usual about my cycling this year, had an okay time in pre-season, treated myself to a fancy new bike and all which just came in last week... then today while doing some light openers for my first race tomorrow some drunk guy on an ebike decides to cut across the lane for no reason and takes me right out D:
No serious injuries thankfully, but the fork and the fancy carbon wheels on my bike look completely fucked, not sure if I can recover the hype to wake up at 4 am for the race tomorrow, given the road rash and the bruises -.-
Still plenty of months in the season of course but man, being all excited for a fancy new toy only to have something like this (completely unavoidable from my side, IMO) happen right after is some serious 'we live in a simulation' level nonsense.
Welp, I'm officially mad. Decided to get a bit more serious than usual about my cycling this year, had an okay time in pre-season, treated myself to a fancy new bike and all which just came in last week... then today while doing some light openers for my first race tomorrow some drunk guy on an ebike decides to cut across the lane for no reason and takes me right out D:
No serious injuries thankfully, but the fork and the fancy carbon wheels on my bike look completely fucked, not sure if I can recover the hype to wake up at 4 am for the race tomorrow, given the road rash and the bruises -.-
Still plenty of months in the season of course but man, being all excited for a fancy new toy only to have something like this (completely unavoidable from my side, IMO) happen right after is some serious 'we live in a simulation' level nonsense.
Noooo. Same thing actually just happened to my good friend last weekend but luckily it was on a backup and well insured bike. If you're lucky the manufacturer might have a replacement policy and you can also see if your renters/homeowners/credit card insurances have any coverage you could claim. First thing I do with a new bike is insure it because I don't trust all the idiots out on the road/path. What race were you prepping for?