Potholes

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UrbanMyth said:

I hate potholes. I was cycling through what i thought was a little
puddle unfortunatly it was a collapsed drain cover. Had to replace
front and rear inners tubes this morning in the rain. not a happy
bunny

Most local authorities will pay for the damage caused - you did break
both rims as well ;-))

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T h e - e x t e n d e r ! ! ! !

Sandy Morton said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

UrbanMyth said:

I hate potholes. I was cycling through what i thought was a little
puddle unfortunatly it was a collapsed drain cover. Had to replace
front and rear inners tubes this morning in the rain. not a happy
bunny

Most local authorities will pay for the damage caused - you did break
both rims as well ;-))

and the derailleur when the chain jumped off ;-))

Dan Gregory said the following on 10/01/2007 12:09:

Quoted message said:

and the derailleur when the chain jumped off ;-))

....and as for the whiplash when the wheels crashed down the hole...

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Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

you know I can feel my neck get stiffer by the minute ! and now that I
look at the bike in daylight those rims do look dodgy. 🙂

UrbanMyth said:

you know I can feel my neck get stiffer by the minute ! and now that I
look at the bike in daylight those rims do look dodgy. 🙂

Not to mention that the forks and steerer are no longer in a straight
line. And the slight ripple under the down tube that you can feel when
you run your fingers down it. Spoils the geometry of th whole bike, and
it has subjected the frame and forks to extra fatigue... ...headset
bearings... ...etc...

Various wrote

Quoted message said:

UrbanMyth said:

you know I can feel my neck get stiffer by the minute ! and now that I
look at the bike in daylight those rims do look dodgy. 🙂

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> > [snip claim-o-rama]
> [snip claim-o-rama]
[snip claim-o-rama]

Oi, the LA may be paying but they are using /my/ money. At least make
sure ot comes out of the cycling budget leaving less money for
farcilities :-)

best wishes
james

UrbanMyth said:

I hate potholes. I was cycling through what i thought was a little
puddle unfortunatly it was a collapsed drain cover.

Depending how you define drain cover it may not be the local
authority's responsibility, but the local water company's.

I'd contact the council first because if it does belong to a water
company they will be able to tell you this and if they knew about it
the water co. may also be due a fine for not maintaining their
equipment.

Your claim would definately be one of the more believeable ones - I
heard of someone claiming that a manhole cover had erupted like a
geyser under his car at the split second he drive over it, damaging all
sorts of bits and then the cover fell back down exactly into the frame.

peter

In article <[email hidden]>,

(UrbanMyth) said:

you know I can feel my neck get stiffer by the minute ! and now that I
look at the bike in daylight those rims do look dodgy. 🙂

That's the kind of jolt that can put a kink into a wheel spindle,
followed after a while by failure, usually at the drive side.

I'm going to take a picture of the pothole tonight and send it to
the council and see what they say. The bike is in pretty much perfect
nick but I spent a fortune on my wheels specifically to avoid them
getting buckled everytime I go over a bump.
I was very lucky the road was quiet I was thrown across the road
with 2 flat tires, so apart from 2 inner tubes there isn't much I can
claim of the council. But I do think that the hole should be fixed
soon. In fact I might take a picture of every pothole on my commute and
send them to the relavent councils. I don't know if any of you cycle up
Green Lanes near Turnpike Lane in London but there is an enormous pit
trough nevermind hole at the junction. If you don't know the hole is
there and there's standing water, you'd sink down to your bottom
bracket !!

"UrbanMyth" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I'm going to take a picture of the pothole tonight and send it to
the council and see what they say. The bike is in pretty much perfect
nick but I spent a fortune on my wheels specifically to avoid them
getting buckled everytime I go over a bump.
I was very lucky the road was quiet I was thrown across the road
with 2 flat tires, so apart from 2 inner tubes there isn't much I can
claim of the council. But I do think that the hole should be fixed
soon. In fact I might take a picture of every pothole on my commute and
send them to the relavent councils. I don't know if any of you cycle up
Green Lanes near Turnpike Lane in London but there is an enormous pit
trough nevermind hole at the junction. If you don't know the hole is
there and there's standing water, you'd sink down to your bottom
bracket !!

That sounds very uncomfortable!

Alan

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In article <[email hidden]>,
UrbanMyth
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

I'm going to take a picture of the pothole tonight and send it to
the council and see what they say. The bike is in pretty much perfect
nick but I spent a fortune on my wheels specifically to avoid them
getting buckled everytime I go over a bump.
I was very lucky the road was quiet I was thrown across the road
with 2 flat tires, so apart from 2 inner tubes there isn't much I can
claim of the council.

Will they not entertain claims for emotional distress, or at least
replacement underpants?

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Will they not entertain claims for emotional distress, or at least
replacement underpants?

I think I'd have grounds for emotional distress, half six in the
morning raining and blowing and 2 tires to replaces there were alot of
emotion especially when I realized after fixing the front wheel the
rear was blown too!

"UrbanMyth" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I'm going to take a picture of the pothole tonight and send it to
the council and see what they say. The bike is in pretty much perfect
nick but I spent a fortune on my wheels specifically to avoid them
getting buckled everytime I go over a bump.
I was very lucky the road was quiet I was thrown across the road
with 2 flat tires, so apart from 2 inner tubes there isn't much I can
claim of the council. But I do think that the hole should be fixed
soon. In fact I might take a picture of every pothole on my commute and
send them to the relavent councils. I don't know if any of you cycle up
Green Lanes near Turnpike Lane in London but there is an enormous pit
trough nevermind hole at the junction. If you don't know the hole is
there and there's standing water, you'd sink down to your bottom
bracket !!

You got one of they underwater cameras., then?